Funded Postdoctoral Researcher Position

hace 2 meses

DonostiaSan Sebastián Guipúzcoa provincia, España BCBL Basque Center on Cognition, Brain & Language A tiempo completo

**INFORMATION ABOUT THE POSITION**
- **Position**: Postdoctoral researcher
- **Researcher Profile**: Recognised Researcher (R2 - PhD holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent)
- **Number of vacancies**: 1
- **Project**: CORTICAL RHYTHMS: Aligning Brain Rhythms: Understanding the mechanisms of cortical tracking of speech to improve language functions with real time closed-loop neurofeedback
- **Location**: Spain > San SebastianLocation: Spain > San Sebastian
- **Research Field**:Neuroscience > Cognitive Computational Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
- **Type of contract/Duration of Contract **:Temporary > 2 years (possibility of 2 year extension)
- **Job Status**: Full-time
- **Hours per week**: 35
- **Starting date**: January 2025 (flexible)
- **Application deadline**: 31st October 2024

**Information about the project**:
Speech processing and reading are essential unique human abilities underpinning social, educational, and professional advancement. However early biomarkers of speech processing deficits that have been documented in reading disabilities such as Developmental Dyslexia (DD) have yet to be identified. Here, we will explore whether the cortical tracking of speech (CTS) - the temporal alignment between fluctuations in the speech signal and fluctuations in electrical brain activity - can predict later reading language and reading development from infancy stages. Cutting edge neuroimaging tools, carefully designed tasks, and longitudinal designs will be used to record CTS. Specifically, we will investigate whether CTS in infancy can help detect early speech and reading deficits predictors and early preschool years.

This project represents a radically new scientific approach that will break new ground by investigating CTS and will allow us to

(1) establish causal relationships between CTS and speech processing and reading skills

(2) use this novel approach to detect, diagnose and remediate DD.

**Job description**:

- Designing and implementing longitudinal studies in young infants and children using neuroimaging and behavioural methods
- Analysing electrophysiological recordings and EEG data during speech processing
- Writing research papers under the supervision of the PI, aiming to publish at top-tier journals
- Dissemination of results at international scientific conferences
- Assisting in the supervision of graduate students

**PIs and research groups**:
Dr. Marie Lallier and Dr, Marina Kalashnikova will be the supervisors. Both of these groups will be highly involved in the broader research team of this ERC Advanced Grant project, which has the aim of understand the role of CTS for language and reading acquisition from different perspectives (e.g., second language learning, illiteracy, training and remediation).

Educational Neuroscience and Developmental Disorders - PI Marie Lallier

This group revolves around research lines aiming at elucidating the neurocognitive mechanisms subtending typical and atypical language and reading development and at transferring this knowledge to clinical and educational practice. To conduct research efficiently, they use various techniques (behavioral testing, eye tracking, fMRI, EEG, MEG) and designs (cross-linguistic, cross-sectional, longitudinal, and training studies) in bilingual and monolingual populations including infants, children, and adults, with and without language and reading disorders.

**Infant Language and Cognition - PI Marina Kalashnikova**

This group investigates the process of early language acquisition, specifically the emergence and consolidation of speech perception and word-learning over monolingual and bilingual infants’ first two years of life, as well as interactions between these early language abilities and the development of general perceptual and cognitive capacities. The group addresses these questions through cross-sectional and longitudinal designs that combine neurophysiological (EEG, fNIRS), behavioral (visual preference, eye-tracking), and observational (parent-infant interactions) techniques in the BCBL BabyLab.

Marie Lallier and Marina Kalashnikova are highly involved in the research team of this ERC Advanced Grant project.

**2. CANDIDATES’ PROFILE AND SELECTION CRITERIA**

**Required skills**:

- Background in the field of cognitive neuroscience and/or linguistics, experimental psychology and/or related areas.
- Excellent communication skills in English.
- Programming skills (e.g., Matlab, Python)
- Solid experience and methodological skills in EEG
- Robust statistical analyses skills

**Desirable skills**:

- Technical skills related to the manipulation of auditory stimuli (e.g., Praat)
- Good communication skills and ability to collaborate in interdisciplinary environments
- Experience with research projects in infants and young children
- Knowledge of Spanish

**3. WORKING CONDITIONS**

**Salary**: 30,000-32,000€/year gross

**Training opportunities and Career development plan**:
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