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Universities with open postdoc positions in neurocognition in the United States include University of Nevada, Washington University in St. Louis and Indiana University School of Medicine.
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University of Nevada
United States
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The University of Nevada, Las Vegas is seeking a postdoctoral scholar to join research in neuroimaging within the Department of Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences in the School of Integrated Health Sciences. The role is centered on work with the UNLV MR Imaging Core (UMIC), a public brain imaging research facility that supports interdisciplinary investigation of brain function and brain health. The scholar will work on MRI-based research and development, with opportunities to contribute to t...
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Washington University in St. Louis
United States
3 days ago
Washington University School of Medicine is recruiting a full-time Postdoctoral Research Associate in Radiology for the Multimodal Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory and Cao Lab in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The researcher will investigate the neural and computational mechanisms underlying visual perception and social cognition . Projects may involve advanced 3T and 7T fMRI, human intracranial electrophysiology, behavioral experimentation, computational modeling, and multimodal analysis ...
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Indiana University School of Medicine
United States
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine This postdoctoral opportunity is based in the Health Equity through Autism Research Translation (HEART) Lab at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, Indiana. The lab is directed by Dr. Rebecca McNally Keehn and focuses on reducing autism and neurodevelopmental health disparities through innovative models of care in the United States and globally. Research themes include autism service disparities, primary...
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Johns Hopkins University
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United States
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Neurocognitive Aging at Johns Hopkins University (Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland, USA). Audrey Branch’s newly launched lab is recruiting a postdoctoral research fellow for interdisciplinary studies on cognitive aging in a rat model. The project sits within a highly collaborative research program with Drs. James Knierim, Paul Worley, Alfredo Kirkwood, and Ni Zhao, and focuses on hippocampal circu...
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Washington University in St. Louis
United States
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Washington University in St. Louis (WashU Medicine) is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Psychiatry within the Cognitive & Perceptual Development Lab under the direction of John R. Pruett, Jr., M.D., Ph.D. The project focuses on cognitive neuroscience , neuroscience , autism , and developmental psychology , using fcMRI data from large studies of brain and behavior development in infants at risk for autism. The role includes data processing and analysis, hypothesis testing on brain-...
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University of California, Berkeley
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United States
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University of California, Berkeley is recruiting a Postdoctoral Scholar Employee in cognitive neuroscience through the Building Blocks of Cognition Laboratory in the Department of Psychology. The project, titled “Narrowing the mechanistic gap for anterior prefrontal cortex function” , focuses on the lateral anterior prefrontal cortex and its role in higher-level cognition, including planning, multitasking, reasoning, memory retrieval monitoring, and decision-making. The work uses fMRI , structur...
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University of Nebraska Medical Center
United States
2 weeks ago
The Department of Neurological Sciences at the University of Nebraska Medical Center is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join the laboratory of Dr. David E. Warren . This position focuses on cognitive neuroscience , neuroscience , psychology , and medical science research involving developmental, aging, and neurological populations, including healthy children, healthy older adults, and patients on the Alzheimer’s disease continuum. The lab uses a broad set of methods, including co...
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University of California, San Francisco
United States
1 month ago
UCSF Neuroscape is advertising a 2-year postdoctoral position in collaboration with Samsung . The project sits at the intersection of wearable sensing , machine learning , digital health , and cognitive neuroscience . The fellow will work with rich longitudinal wearable data, plus cognitive, behavioral, and multimodal datasets collected through Neuroscape. A strong quantitative/computational background is preferred, along with experience in machine learning and physiological signal processing, i...
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Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
United States
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Postdoctoral position at the Jacobs Lab, Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, focused on neurochemical changes in aging and neurodegeneration, especially Alzheimer’s disease. The project uses MRS, fMRS, and fMRI-fMRS, with 3T/7T MRI and PET, and a specific focus on the locus coeruleus. This is a strong fit for candidates interested in neuroimaging, neuroscience, biomedical engineering, and computational analysis of brain chemistry. Ap...
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Yue Jiang
University of Utah
United States
1 month ago
Yue Jiang, Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of Utah, is actively looking for new students, including PhD students for Fall 2027 . The group works on technical HCI and human-centered AI, with research interests in generative UI , UI agents , eye tracking , digital accessibility , AR/VR , and related areas. Projects are described as primarily computational, focusing on building AI models that simulate user behavior and adaptive systems end to end, then evaluating them agai...
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University of Louisville
United States
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Fully funded PhD opportunity in Human Factors Engineering at the University of Louisville , J.B. Speed School of Engineering, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. The project area focuses on human-AI interaction and human factors in healthcare , with examples including supporting non-AI experts working with imperfect AI tools, improving patient safety during care transitions, and exploring AI-assisted programming in engineering education. Ideal applicants should have a bachelor’s de...
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University of Texas at Austin
United States
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Yudai Tanaka, Incoming Assistant Professor in Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin , is recruiting 2-3 funded PhD students for Fall 2027 to join the Symbiotic Interfaces Lab . The lab works on human augmentation in a direct sense: building computing systems that can enhance physical and cognitive abilities by interfacing with the body and brain. Research themes include neurotechnology , wearable computing , new sensing and acting channels, computational models for adapting inter...
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Estimated costs in United States.
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![]() Groceries Basic food shopping for one student per year | $3.0k $3,000/yr |
![]() Clothing Basic clothing and seasonal needs per year | $1.5k $1,500/yr |
![]() Books & Academic Supplies Textbooks, stationery, and academic materials per year | $800 $800/yr |
![]() Housing Shared flats and off-campus rentals per year | $12.0k $12,000/yr |
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Technological University Dublin
Ireland
Computational Neuroscience
Cognitive Neuroscience
Eeg
Neuroscience
Neuroimaging
Assistant Professor
Technical University of Munich
Germany
Computational Neuroscience
Developmental Neuroscience
Neuroscience
Zebrafish Biology
Synaptic Biology
Assistant Professor
Dublin City University
Ireland
Neuropsychology
Developmental Psychology
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Sleep Apnea
Child And Adolescent Psychiatry
Assistant Professor
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
United States
Neuropsychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Cognitive Impairment
Neurocognition
Concussion Research
Assistant Professor
New York University
United States
Cognitive Neuroscience
Psycholinguistics
Neurocognition
Learning And Memory
Reinforcement Learning
Assistant Professor
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
United States
Neuropsychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Neurocognition
Autism Spectrum Disorder
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