Post Doctoral Research Associate - 'Sticky Eyes' Project

Please note, this post is fixed-term for 36 months and full-time at 1 FTE.

The University of Lincoln is seeking a post-doctoral research associate to join a 3-year Leverhulme Trust funded project investigating the development of oculomotor control in children. This exciting multi-disciplinary project aims to investigate how brain centres underlying eye fixation control develop in children and how this impacts on their ability to perform tasks such as visual search and reading. The project involves conducting “real world” gaze tracking in primary school classrooms, laboratory based event related potential experiments and eye tracking studies at the Lincoln Summer Scientist public engagement and participation event.

You will have completed a PhD in psychology / cognitive neuroscience and have experience of conducting eye tracking (Tobii / Eyelink) and / or EEG / ERP research studies, including experiment programming, data collection, statistical analysis and dissemination of research findings via conference presentations and publications. Previous experience of working with primary school aged children would be highly desirable.

The School of Psychology, Sport Science & Wellbeing at the University of Lincoln is among the Top 40 in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework and 99% of our Psychology research was judged to be of international significance, with all of our work having internationally excellent real-world impact. We are an expanding school within a university that has established a reputation as one of the most dynamic and fastest growing in the UK.

Please note that this post requires a Standard DBS check.

For informal enquiries and more information about this exciting opportunity, please contact Tim Hodgson, Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience, at tlhodgson@lincoln.ac.uk.

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Closing Date: Wednesday 07 May 2025
Interview Date: Wednesday 04 June 2025

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