A PhD position is available in the Speech & Bilingualism research group at the BCBL, San Sebastian, Spain. The successful candidate will perform research on foreign-accented speech processing. Research methods include acoustic and behavioral measures, optionally EEG/MEG and eye-tracking.

The Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) is offering a PhD position within the Cortical Tracking of Speech (CTS) project. The project aims to investigate how Cortical Tracking of Speech (CTS) changes over time as a function of second language (L2) learning, and whether these neural dynamics are influenced by language modality (spoken vs. signed). 

We are looking for a postdoc to work with us on the capacity limits of cognition (working memory, attention, long-term memory, ...). The position is for 3 years with possible renewal for another 1.5 years. Ideal starting date is January 1st, 2026, but could be a bit earlier or later.

We are looking for a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Associate to join Dr Angela de Bruin's research group in the Department of Psychology at the University of York. The Research Associate would be working on a project funded by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the UK government's Horizon Europe funding Guarantee for selected ERC grants, examining multilingual language control and use in younger and older adults. The current part of the project aims to understand how context, in particular the conversation partner's language behavior, influences how multilinguals of different ages produce and use their languages. 

Human cognition is highly adaptive and can reason flexibly with new information. A crucial element for this is our working memory: a quick, reliable, and flexible system to maintain information temporarily, as needed, when needed. The goal of this project is to advance the understanding of how working memory is implemented in the human brain. To this end, the main objective is to develop a neural model of human working memory.

The Spoken Language research group at the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (San-Sebastián-Donostia, Spain) aims to sponsor a candidate for a Basque Government Predoctoral Fellowship (“Programa Predoctoral de Formación de Personal Investigador No Doctor”; a competitive call for predoctoral fellowships awarded by the Basque Government). 

Applications are invited for a postdoc position in cognitive psychology or cognitive development (80%, up to 3 years), with flexible start date between October 2025 and February 2026. The successful applicant will study working memory in young adults and/or children, as well as assist Prof. Dr. Evie Vergauwe in tasks related to teaching, lab management, and research.

The Learning and Cognitive Control Laboratory at Ghent University is recruiting a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow to apply a control-theoretic approach to investigate the neurocognitive mechanisms of cognitive effort. The position is funded by a European Research Council Advanced Grant, “Mapping the Controllosphere”.

The Learning and Cognitive Control Laboratory at Ghent University is recruiting a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow to apply a control-theoretic approach to investigate the neurocognitive mechanisms of cognitive effort. The position is funded by a European Research Council Advanced Grant, “Mapping the Controllosphere”. 

PhD Student position (75% TV-L 13) for 3 years, the position ideally starts 01. August 2025. The successful candidate can obtain a PhD in Psychology. The candidate will work in the DFG-funded project “The relationship between learning and stimulus/response feature bindings” (principal investigators Christian Frings & Birte Moeller). The project addresses the interface of action control mechanisms and processes of memory formation.

The Postdoctoral researcher will be working in the Institute for Lifelong Learning and Guidance, within the Department of Education and Social Work. The person will be part of a dynamic organisational context of a growing, globally connected research university. The postdoctoral researcher will collaborate closely with Prof. Dr Claude Houssemand on topics related to cognitive differential psychology, especially cognitive strategies in visuo-spatial tasks.

The Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark (SDU) invites applications for a postdoctoral position in audio-visual perception. The position is available for 34 months. The starting date is October 1, 2025, or as soon as possible thereafter.

The Mechanisms of Social Behavior lab at Karolinska Institutet (PI: Björn Lindström) is seeking a highly qualified postdoctoral researcher. Funded by the European Research Council and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, our lab develops new frameworks for understanding the psychological, neural, and computational mechanisms of social learning, transmission, and cultural evolution. 

The position is financed by the project “Integration of dynamic belief updating across contexts and psychopathology” (funding: DFG). This project is part of the Cognitive Modeling & Decision Neuroscience Lab (PI: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Gluth) and the DFG Research Unit 5389 on “Contextual influences on dynamic belief updating in volatile environments: Basic mechanisms and clinical implications” (speaker: Prof. Dr. Tania Lincoln). 

The Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) is offering an Engineer position within the BIBALANCE project, recently funded by the European Research Council (ERC). The project aims to investigate the impact of early bilingualism on the brain's resilience to dyslexia. Specifically, we aim to determine whether highly efficient interhemispheric connectivity during speech processing could enhance the phonological and reading skills of children with and without dyslexia. 

The Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) is offering a PhD position within the BIBALANCE project, recently funded by the European Research Council (ERC). The project aims to investigate the impact of early bilingualism on the brain's resilience to dyslexia. Specifically, we will examine whether bilingualism can help mitigate early genetic susceptibility to dyslexia by following bilingual children with and without a family history of dyslexia, from before the start of formal reading instruction (the final year of kindergarten) through to two years after (end of Grade 2), when dyslexia can be reliably diagnosed. 

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 deficits in DD. 

The Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) is offering a PhD position within the BIBALANCE project, recently funded by the European Research Council (ERC). The project aims to investigate the impact of early bilingualism on the brain's resilience to dyslexia, through increased interhemispheric connectivity. Specifically, we will examine whether bilingual experience and its effects on the brain's architecture and connectivity can help mitigate genetic susceptibility to dyslexia. 

The Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) is offering a Research Assistant position within the BIBALANCE project, recently funded by the European Research Council (ERC). The project aims to investigate the impact of early bilingualism on the brain’s resilience to dyslexia. The research involves acquiring behavioural, MEG, and MRI data from young Basque-Spanish bilingual children (aged 5–12) with or without a familial risk of dyslexia.

We are looking for internationally oriented scholars with an excellent research record and educational competence in experimental cognitive psychology, particularly focusing on perception and/or memory using innovative behavioral paradigms. We also warmly welcome candidates whose work integrates interdisciplinary methods (such as computational or neuroscience approaches), a neuropsychological perspective, or a focus on diverse cognitive profiles beyond young, neurotypical populations.

At the University for Continuing Education Krems in the Faculty of Health and Medicine in the Department for Dementia Research and Nursing Science the position of Professorship in Cognitive Research with a Focus on Memory, Attention, and Learning (m/f/d) according to § 99 UG (Austrian Universities Act) is available. 

A postdoctoral Senior Research Associate position in Cognitive Computational Neuroscience is available to work with Dr Fraser Smith at the University of East Anglia. The position will focus on conducting neuroimaging and computational modeling studies investigating the multimodal basis of material perception (our ability to determine how a specific material will feel to touch). 

University of Sussex offers the opportunity for a new ECR to join our community, or further develop their existing role here. We are offering support to talented researchers writing applications for major fellowships, who wish to establish a longer-term career at University of Sussex. We would offer mentorship to develop your bid and, if you are successful, an attractive start-up package including additional Sussex-funding for a PhD studentship, and a transparent tenure-track process to secure a permanent position at the end of the fellowship.

At the earliest possible date, we are looking to support our team: A research assistant with a focus on research - cognitive psychology (75 %) in the project “Separating processes of dual-task coordination and dual-task coordination adjustment” funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The project is led by Prof. Dr. Tilo Strobach. The project is limited to 36 months.

We invite applications for a PhD research fellowship in Psychology in the field of affective neuroscience at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Under the direction of Professor Rigoulot, our laboratory offers a unique and dynamic environment where we employ state-of-the-art techniques including EEG, eye-tracking, and psychophysiological measures to examine neural correlates of emotional processing.

We are looking for a postdoc with a background in academic research in the field of data- analytic approaches in cognitive (neuro)science and/or artificial intelligence. The postdoc will support teaching and data-analysis in the department, in addition to developing her/his own research.

A three-year postdoctoral research fellow position in neurocognition and multilingualism is available in the Department of Language and Culture at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. The position is affiliated with the Center for Language, Brain & Learning (C-LaBL), and specifically the Brain Domain of C-LaBL.

We have an open PhD position to fill at the laboratory for Cognitive Psychology at Medical School Hamburg, Germany. Salary will be according to TVL-13; 75%. It is a fixed-term position for three years. Starting date is as soon as the position is filled.

We know your mind is brimming with ideas and, at ”la Caixa” Foundation, we want to help you develop them further. ”la Caixa” Foundation’s doctoral INPhINIT fellowships support talented researchers of the future like you. This programme enables you to pursue a doctorate at the best universities and research centres in Spain and Portugal.

Applications are open to join a new research group at the Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne (Switzerland). The group conducts research in Psycholinguistics with a focus on applied statistics and experimental methods.

The Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) is offering a predoctoral position for a PhD project aimed at investigating perceptual consciousness and metacognition. The research will utilize visual psychophysics and functional MRI techniques, including decoded neurofeedback.

Statistical learning (SL) is a crucial capacity supporting efficient cognition and action throughout the lifespan. SL is an organism’s ability to attune to coherent covariation in its environment (e.g., an infant learning sound patterns of a language, or visual patterns corresponding to objects). This project uses recurrent neural network modeling to investigate the types of computations that may support human SL. The modeling motivates EEG and MEG studies with human subjects. Together, the modeling and experiments will advance our understanding of the nature and computational basis for human SL.

Job description: designing and implementing studies exploring FDS perception and production in adults; analysing acoustic, behavioural and electrophysiological data during speech processing; writing research articles under the supervision of the PI, aiming to publish at top-tier journals; dissemination of results at international scientific conferences and to general public.

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 deficits in DD.

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.

Speech processing and reading are essential unique human abilities underpinning social, educational, and professional advancement. However, biologically constrained models of spoken and visual word recognition are still lacking, particularly in the domains of bilingualism. Here, we will investigate the neurobiological underpinnings of speech and reading in bilinguals and second language learners using data collected with advanced neuroimaging tools in our lab. 

The Attention and Consciousness Laboratory at the University of Granada is offering a 4-year FPI contract to pursue a PhD in the Cognitive Neuroscience program. The selected candidate will contribute to the development of the project "Rich but imprecise: exploring the quality of perceptual experiences" (PID2023-152001NB-I00), led by Professor Ana B. Chica Martínez. This project aims to explore the quality of perceptual experiences under different attentional conditions.

We are looking for a candidate with an interest in research and neuroscience to work on a project in collaboration with Meta AI on decoding the neural correlates of language production. You will be in charge of collecting MEG data and recruiting research participants. In addition, you will be processing video recordings to extract finger tracking measures. 

The research project Psychological Reactance and Polarization: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions, funded by the Research Council of Finland, invites applications for a fixed-term position as Project Researcher in Psychology for the period 1.1.2025-31.5.2028. The position is focused on the fields of social psychology and communication. The position is full time.

The Spoken Language research group at the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language aims to sponsor a candidate for a Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Fellowship (a competitive call for a fellowship awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities).

Adélaïde de Heering (lullaby, CRCN) is hiring a postdoc for 1.5 years to investigate infants’ active exploration mechanisms and the development of curiosity. They will recruit, test, interpret, and write about infants’ data collected from behavioural and EEG measurements. 

The UC San Diego Department of Cognitive Science invites applications for up to three tenure-track faculty positions at the Assistant Professor rank. We seek exceptional candidates in any relevant area of ​​Cognitive Science.