Os reenviamos información sobre una oferta de posición predoctoral en el Causal Cognition Group (CCG), Departamento de Psicología Básica, Universidad de Málaga.
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The Causal Cognition Group (CCG) at University of Málaga (Málaga, Spain) is offering a 4-year funded PhD opportunity (with the possibility of converting the last year in a postdoc position if the thesis is finished in 3 years). The position is specifically linked to the project “Assessing the balance between goal-directed and habitual processing through the course of learning (GOAL-HABIT)” and is part of the “Ayudas para contratos predoctorales para la formación de doctores 2025” scheme (https://www.uma.es/servicio-de-investigacion/info/155819/convocatoria-contratos-predoctorales-fpi-2025/).
The PhD student will work with the PI David Luque (see below) and with national and international collaborators. The research questions from this project include current controversial topics on human reward learning, mostly related to the possible automatization of motor responses after extensive reward learning, habit theory, and the interplay between reward learning and attention. In these experiments, we will measure different aspects of behaviour; also, the selected candidate will get involved in experiments using eye tracking and pupillometry. Computational modelling of the data will also be part of the PhD project.
The selected candidate will carry out different tasks such as programming experiments (eg, Python), analysing data (eg, R), and disseminating the results in scientific conferences (presentations/posters) and peer-reviewed journals (in English). The selected candidate will also be encouraged to develop original experiments under the supervision and guidance of the PI.
Specific knowledge about these tasks is not as important as the capability of learning new complex skills in a very independent way. In the CCG group, PhD students are treated as such (that is, researchers would-be), and our main interest is their development as new independent researchers.
The advisor for the thesis will be the PI of the project, David Luque. For more information about our research, please visit David Luque’s website (https://davluque.wordpress.com/).
If you are interested in this position, instructions for applying can be found here https://www.uma.es/servicio-de-investigacion/info/155819/convocatoria-contratos-predoctorales-fpi-2025. In addition, please send us an email (david.luque@gmail.com) and tell us why you want to work with us. Also, please, attach your CV to that email. We will interview the short-listed candidates (online).
Important Dates: Please send us your email ASAP. The deadline for the formal application is the 5th of November.
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