2024 BNA Scholars announced
15th March 2024
Applications are invited for a full-time Post-Doctoral Research Assistant in Psycholinguistics to join the Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics Lab at the University of Reading, to work on a Leverhulme Trust funded research project on sentence comprehension in native and non-native English speakers. The aim of the project is to investigate which factors influence successful non-native language acquisition and processing, with a particular focus on how the phenomenon of similarity-based interference influences sentence processing during native and non-native reading comprehension. We are seeking a highly-capable and highly-motivated researcher with excellent organisational, interpersonal and analytical skills to make a positive contribution to this project.
The successful candidate will have:
The Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics Lab is part of The School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences (PCLS) at Reading. PCLS was ranked in the top 20 (15th) in the UK in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework. It comprises approximately 180 academic, research, clinical and professional & administrative staff. There are three major research divisions within the School (Psychopathology & Affective Neuroscience; Perception, Cognition & Nutrition; Language, Development & Ageing), three NHS research clinics (Anxiety & Depression; Speech & Language Therapy; Dementia), an independent Centre for Autism and the Charlie Waller Institute. It is home to the Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics, and has close links to the Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism.
For informal enquiries about this post please contact Dr Ian Cunnings (i.cunnings@reading.ac.uk). The post is available on a Fixed Term contract for 36 months.
Interview date: 11/03/2019
Informal contact details
Contact role: Principal Investigator
Contact name: Dr Ian Cunnings
Contact phone: 0118 378 5538.
Contact email: i.cunnings@reading.ac.uk
The University is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, is a Stonewall Diversity and Global Diversity Champion, and supports the principles of the Race Equality Charter and Athena SWAN. Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.
For more information and to apply, click here
Dr Ian Cunnings: i.cunnings@reading.ac.uk