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.
Application deadline: 11 August 2025
The successful candidate will join the Educational Neurosciences and Developmental Disorders (ENDD) research group at the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) and conduct a PhD within the READEXP project, characterizing the reading exposome, by identifying exposure measures that affect reading performance after accounting for potential genetic confounds.
The successful candidate will join the Brain Rhythms and Cognition group at the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) and conduct a PhD within the PRO-LISTEN project, investigating the neural and computational mechanisms supporting speech comprehension in challenging listening conditions.
Job description: Designing and conducting experimental research in cognitive neuroscience; Deploying and refining existing computational models of perceptual learning; Writing research papers in collaboration with the PI, aiming to publish at top-tier journals; Dissemination of results at international scientific conferences; Assisting in the supervision of Master students.