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    The Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research in Munich, Germany, invites
    applications for

    PhD and Postdoctoral positions

    in the research group "Sensorimotor Coordination".


    Program description:

    The recently created Sensorimotor Coordination research group at the
    Max-Planck Institute for Psychological Research in Munich is seeking to
    recruit a PhD student and a postdoctoral fellow. The main goal of the
    Sensorimotor Coordination group is to study how the coordination of
    multi-degree of freedom systems are mastered from the interplay between the
    perceptual and motor systems in humans. The empirical studies will focus on
    orofacial and hand/finger movements.

    A series of empirical and modeling studies will be carried on at the
    Sensorimotor Group, and we welcome candidates interested in one of the
    following research areas: estimation of biomechanical properties of human
    articulators (jaw and hand/finger coordination), neurophysiological
    modeling of the jaw and the arm movement, self-other judgment in lip
    reading (in collaboration with the Cognition & Action Unit at the MPIPF),
    and jaw and development of jaw/lips/tongue coordination in babbling infants
    (in collaboration with the research group Infant Cognition and Action at
    the MPIPF).

    The Sensorimotor Coordination laboratory equipment will include: an
    Optotrak 3020 system, two Phantom robots 1.0, force transducers, and EMG
    amplifiers.


    Qualifications:

    Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the studies that will be undergone
    in the Sensorimotor Coordination group, we will consider applications from
    candidates having background in different domains: experimental psychology,
    physics, neurophysiological modeling, and computer science.


    Duration:

    The Sensorimotor Coordination group will be funded by the Max-Planck
    Society until August 2006. The postdoctoral position will be granted for an
    initial period of two years, with a possibility of later extension. The
    doctoral scholarship will follow the rules established by the Max-Planck
    Society (at least three years of duration).

    The Max Planck Institute is an equal-opportunity employer and especially
    encourages women to apply. Applications from handicapped persons will be
    favored when all other qualifications are equal.


    Please send a statement of research interests, a CV, and references to:

    Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research
    Personnel Office
    Amalienstr. 33
    D-80799 Munich, Germany

    For further information, please contact Dr. Rafael Laboissiere




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    Rafael Laboissiere
    Head of the Sensorimotor Coordination Group
    Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research
    Amalienstr. 33 - D 80799 Muenchen
    Phone: +49 (89) 38602-350 Fax: -199
    email: laboissiere@mpipf-muenchen.mpg.de
    http://www.mpipf-muenchen.mpg.de/SC/PEOPLE/lara_e.htm

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