PhD position – Reinforcement Learning and Implicit Prejudice

 

Apply before: July 1st, 2018
Institute: University of Amsterdam
Job specification: As PhD student you will examine the psychological and neural processes through which implicit prejudices are learned. Specifically, this project tests an interactive memory systems model of how prejudices are internalized, using a combination of behavioural experiments, computational modelling, and neuroimaging.

You will conduct your research under the supervision of Dr David Amodio at the University of Amsterdam and engage with his research group as part of Dr Amodio’s NWO-funded VICI project, How do prejudices become implicit? A social cognitive neuroscience account. You will join a vibrant and supportive research group in the Department of Social Psychology, with opportunities to interact with other programs and organizations at our university (e.g., the Amsterdam Brain & Cognition Centre) and to visit Dr Amodio’s New York University lab, in New York City, among other international collaborations.

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