PhD Studentships in development of affective regulation and disturbance

Apply before: Monday 30th January 2012
Institute: The School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences

University of Reading
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The School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences at the University of Reading invites applications for 2 prestigious Medical Research Council PhD Studentships for research on the development of affective regulation and disturbance, for an October 2012 start.

The School has a thriving research community with more than 30 academic staff, and over 50 PhD students. Its international reputation for research is underpinned by expertise in child development, psychology over the lifespan, and the neuroscience of health and disease. Further information on the research undertaken within the School is available on our website at:

http://www.reading.ac.uk/cinn

Incorporating the Winnicott Research Unit, the Berkshire Child Anxiety Clinic, and the Charlie Waller Institute of Evidence Based Psychological Treatments,the School provides outstanding facilities and leading international expertise in clinical developmental psychopathology. The School’s newly created Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics ( http://www.reading.ac.uk/cinn ) includes research-dedicated facilities for MRI, EEG, TMS and psychophysiology and houses an interdisciplinary team in Affective Neuroscience and Psychopathology that bridges the disciplines of Clinical Psychology and Neuroscience.

Successful candidates will have an undergraduate and/or masters degree in Psychology or related discipline (First class or 2i degree, or those expecting to graduate with these degrees), and outstanding research potential. Applicants should send a CV and a 200 word summary of their research interests, by Monday 30th January 2012, to Dr Claire Williams (School Director of Research Students), School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, P.O. Box 224, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AL; or by email:

PostgradPsyCLS@reading.ac.uk

Tom Johnstone

Centre for Integrative Neuroscience & Neurodynamics School of Psychology and CLS University of Reading Ph. +44 (0)118 378 7530 i.t.johnstone@reading.ac.uk http://www.personal.reading.ac.uk/~sxs07itj/index.html

Predoc for behavioral and neuroscientific research on Trust Restoration

Apply before: January 21, 2012
Institute: Ghent University, Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology
Vacancy text: Predoc for behavioral and neuroscientific research on Trust RestorationApplication deadline January 21, 2012 Applicants are sought for a predoc position for behavioral and neuroscientific research of 4 year duration (starting date between February and October 2012) to work on the international interdisciplinary research project "A dual process motivational model of trust restoration " funded by the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO). Further details of the project’s aims can be found below. 

The successful applicant will be hosted at Ghent University, Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology ( www.vopspsy.ugent.be ), where s/he will work with Alain Van Hiel (UGent), Frank Van Overwalle (VUBrussels, Research Unit of Social Psychology) and David De Cremer (RSM, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, ERASMUS Centre of behavioural ethics). 

Candidates who do not have experience with conducting fMRI studies should certainly show a great interest in acquiring the skills to conduct such studies. At the end of the four-year term, the candidate is expected to have completed his/her PhD thesis. For further information, please contact Alain Van Hiel (alain.vanhiel@UGent.be) or Frank Van Overwalle ( frank.vanoverwalle@vub.ac.be ) Project summary: 
The issue of trust has been on the forefront of research agendas across a variety of disciplines in social sciences, including psychology, management, organizational behavior, and economics. It is, however, noteworthy that only a little number of studies have focused on what happens when trust is violated and has to be restored again. Here, we look more closely at the role of motivation. In particular, we argue that people’s decision to trust others may be motivated by the motive to obtain material and financial resources (i.e., referred to as the calculative perspective of trust), or by the need to obtain relational outcomes such as feeling respected and accepted by the other party (i.e., referred to as the relational perspective of trust). It is examined (1) to what extent trust violation frustrates economic versus relational motives, determining people’s willingness to display trust behavior, (2) to what extent a violator’s efforts to restore trust impacts upon these motives, and (3) which areas in the brain play a role to point out the importance of economic versus relational motives, thereby mapping the neurological basis of trust restoration.

Cognitive, Affective, Social & Behavioral Neuroscience Opportunity

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Institute: The University Of Essex Department Of Psychology
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The Psychology Department at Essex would like to receive expressions of interest from a senior academic or team with a track record of excellent publication and grant capture in cognitive, affective, social or behavioral neuroscience.

Following recent retirements, we would like to extend our Sensory and Cognitive Neuroscience group. The Psychology Department at Essex is a research intensive department housed in purpose built buildings and benefits from a Centre for Brain Science opened in 2008. Facilities available

include:  several electroencephalography systems (EEG), near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS),eye-tracking, a virtual reality suite, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and various other psychophysiological measures (ECG, EMG, EOG, GSR etc).

www.essex.ac.uk/psychology/department/research/Research.html

The University of Essex is ranked in the top 10 in the UK for its research (out of more than 150 UK Universities) and is located in the town of Colchester.

Expressions of interest and informal enquiries may be made to any member of academic staff, or direct to the Head of Department, Professor Sheina Orbell on sorbell@essex.ac.uk.

Sheina Orbell
Professor of Psychology
Room 4.716
Department of Psychology
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester
CO4 3SQ

Telephone: + 44 (0)1206 874840
Mobile: + 44 (0)7764632837
Fax: + 44 (0)1206 873801
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