PhD-position ‘Social Thermoregulation’ (Clinical Psychology)

Apply before: 5 December 2014
Institute: VU University Amsterdam
Job specification: The Amsterdam Emotion Regulation Lab (http://emotionregulationlab.com/) is seeking a new PhD student. As a PhD student, you will conduct research on social thermoregulation. There are good indications that thermoregulation is vital for social attachment and well-being. However, despite the knowledge that we have on social thermoregulation across many animal species, surprisingly little research has been done to unravel its functionality for human psychological functioning. The present project aims to change this. You will investigate the role of social thermoregulation among infants and romantic couples (for an example, see: https://www.facebook.com/verwachtend). In so doing, you will use longitudinal and experimental methods from social and cognitive psychology.
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