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 “Cognitive mechanisms of practice-related improvements in dual-task performance: Task automatization and the dual-task practice advantage” funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The project is led by Prof. Dr. Tilo Strobach. The project is limited to 36 months.

Your tasks:

-           Programming of behavioral experiments designed in the project

-           Coordination and implementation of the experiments

-           Evaluation, modeling and documentation of the data

Your profile:

-           Completed university degree (Master's, university diploma or comparable) in psychology

-           Documented interest in basic psychological research

-           Potential experience in the programming of experiments

-           Interest in in-depth statistical evaluations

-           Knowledge of statistics and experience in using relevant statistical programs (e.g. SPSS or R)

-           Very good oral and written English skills

-           German is not mandatory but would be useful

We offer:

-           the opportunity to do a PhD

-           intensive scientific support through regular discussion of current research

-           support in the preparation of conference papers and English-language publications

If you have any questions, please contact Prof. Dr. Tilo Strobach (Email: tilo.strobach@medicalschool-hamburg.de).

Your application:

Please send your informative application (incl. motivation letter, CV, diplomas, list of publications if applicable, thesis) by May 1, 2026, preferably by email in a single PDF file, to tilo.strobach@medicalschool-hamburg.de.