PhD scholarship at Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Netherlands

PhD scholarship(s) in the field of spoken-language comprehension
The Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen offers a 3-years cholarship for research leading towards a PhD in the field of spoken-language comprehension.

The successful candidate will develop a dissertation project within the ongoingresearch themes of the Adaptive Listening Group. The Adaptive Listening Group isa newly established independent research group under the direction of Dr. AndreaWeber and investigates the processing of foreign-accented speech. Theinstitute's website provides more information about the group. With respect tothe research project, a topic concerning the processing of variation in speechor experiential influences on perception is currently of most interest to thegroup, but other topics that fall in the scope of the group are possible aswell. The research will concern language perception by adults, but may involve avariety of methodological approaches, including cross-linguistic comparisons,the use of eyetracking and neuroimaging techniques, or computational modeling.Candidates with a background in experimental psycholinguistics or experimentalphonetics may receive preference.

Good command of English is required.

Application letters including a short statement of interest, including a full CVand the names of two academic referees, should arrive at the secretariat by 1February 2009.

Application Deadline: 01-Feb-2009

Mailing Address for Applications:Attn: Rian ZondervanPostbus 310
Nijmegen 6500AH
Netherlands
Contact Information:Rian Zondervan (Secretariat)
rian.zondervan@mpi.nl
Fax: +31-24-3521213