Two PhD student positions available – neural oscillations during language planning

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Your responsibilities

PhD student 1 will investigate the planning and production of syntactic structures of varying complexity in EEG and eye tracking experiments on German and French. PhD student 2 will use intracranial EEG data to study the neural underpinnings of syntactic planning processes in French narrative speech, integrating methods from computational linguistics (e.g. corpus-based information theoretic measures) and machine learning (e.g. bringing together EEG signals and speech patterns).
The PhD students will be based at the University of Zurich (Prof. Martin Meyer, Prof. Balthasar Bickel, Dr. Sebastian Sauppe) and will closely collaborate with the Auditory, Speech and Language Neuroscience group (Prof. Anne-Lise Giraud) and the Brain and Language Lab (Prof. Narly Golestani) at the University of Geneva. The working language in the project is English.

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PhD student 1:
The ideal candidate holds an MA/MSc in psychology, linguistics, cognitive science or a related field, has a basic knowledge of syntax and linguistics, and has an interest in the experimental study of language processing and production. Knowledge of German is essential; knowledge of French is an advantage, otherwise willingness to acquire a working knowledge of the language quickly is essential. The ideal candidate also possesses prior experience with one or more of the following: experimental studies, EEG and/or eye tracking, programming (R, Python, MATLAB), statistical data analysis.
PhD student 2:
The ideal candidate holds an MA/MSc in (computational) linguistics, cognitive science, psychology, computer science or a related field, has a basic knowledge of syntax and linguistics, and has an interest in the experimental study of language processing and production. The ideal candidate also possesses experience with programming (R, Python), machine learning techniques and computational linguistics tools; experience with EEG is an advantage. Fluent French in speaking and writing is an essential requirement.

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We offer varied and interesting work in an inspiring and socially relevant environment. The NCCR places great emphasis on gender diversity and we particularly encourage women to apply.
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