University of Amsterdam Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Amsterdam, 1018 WB (Noord-Holland), 38 hours per week
Job description
The research program Developmental Psychology is concerned with cognitive development at both ends of the lifespan-cognitive changes during childhood and senescence. Although the primary focus is on cognitive development, secondary questions relate to the age-related changes in the interaction between cognition and affect and to cognitive deficits that may occur when development goes astray or to deficits that are associated with cognitive decline.
Title of PhD project
Fluency in Reading: Behavioural and neural correlates of cognitive processing in children with developmental dyslexia and typically reading children.
Project description
The primary focus of the project is on the underlying behavioural and neural mechanisms for dyslexic's lack of reading fluency. Fluent word recognition requires synchronization of visual-orthographic and auditory-phonological modalities. It is assumed that dyslexics process auditory and phonological information at a different rate than visual-orthographic information. Asynchrony causes inefficient word recognition and reduced fluency. A series of studies will be conducted to assess the underlying behavioural and neural mechanisms for this lack of fluency. The proposed studies will improve our understanding of the underlying causes of dyslexia and provide an evidence-based intervention to remediate dyslexic's fluency problems in reading.
Tasks
Required education/skills:University Graduate
· Candidates must hold (or will soon be awarded) a research-oriented master's degree in psychology or other relevant field
· Demonstrable knowledge of experimental methods and statistics
· Excellent writing and communicative skills
Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Teaching & Research(Scientific discipline: Behaviour and Society)
Organization
University of Amsterdam
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is a university with an internationally acclaimed profile, located at the heart of the Dutch capital. As well as a world center for business and research, Amsterdam is a hub of cultural and media activities. The University of Amsterdam is a member of the League of European Research Universities.
The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) is the largest educational and research institution in the social sciences in the Netherlands. The Faculty serves 7,500 students in numerous Bachelor's and Master's programmes in Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, Communication Science, Psychology, Social Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, and Educational Sciences. The academic staff is employed in education as well as research. There are over 1,100 employees at the Faculty department, which resides in a number of buildings in the centre of Amsterdam.
Date of entry: 15/09/2008
Conditions of employment
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: see below
Maximum hours per week: 38
Additional conditions of employment:
The appointment will be for a period of four years (one year plus a further three years after a positive evaluation) and should lead to a dissertation. Based on a full-time appointment, the gross monthly salary will be in accordance with the University regulations for academic personnel, and will range from € 2,000 (first year) up to a maximum of € 2,558 (fourth year).
The intended starting date for this position is September 15, 2008.
Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:
Dr Patrick Snellings
Telephone number: 31 (0)20 5257321
E-mail address: P.Snellings@uva.nl
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:
You can apply for this job before 15-08-2009 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:
Afdeling Psychologie
J. Verduijn
Roetersstraat 15
1018 WB Amsterdam
E-mail: J.Verduijn@uva.nl
When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber AT 08-2029.
Job description
The research program Developmental Psychology is concerned with cognitive development at both ends of the lifespan-cognitive changes during childhood and senescence. Although the primary focus is on cognitive development, secondary questions relate to the age-related changes in the interaction between cognition and affect and to cognitive deficits that may occur when development goes astray or to deficits that are associated with cognitive decline.
Title of PhD project
Fluency in Reading: Behavioural and neural correlates of cognitive processing in children with developmental dyslexia and typically reading children.
Project description
The primary focus of the project is on the underlying behavioural and neural mechanisms for dyslexic's lack of reading fluency. Fluent word recognition requires synchronization of visual-orthographic and auditory-phonological modalities. It is assumed that dyslexics process auditory and phonological information at a different rate than visual-orthographic information. Asynchrony causes inefficient word recognition and reduced fluency. A series of studies will be conducted to assess the underlying behavioural and neural mechanisms for this lack of fluency. The proposed studies will improve our understanding of the underlying causes of dyslexia and provide an evidence-based intervention to remediate dyslexic's fluency problems in reading.
Tasks
- In close collaboration with the supervising team design and conduct five studies
- Collecting data at schools, testing individual children
- Data analysis, writing articles in academic journals and a dissertation
- Assist senior faculty members in teaching courses at BA- and MA-level (maximum of 10% of the time).
Required education/skills:University Graduate
· Candidates must hold (or will soon be awarded) a research-oriented master's degree in psychology or other relevant field
· Demonstrable knowledge of experimental methods and statistics
· Excellent writing and communicative skills
Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Teaching & Research(Scientific discipline: Behaviour and Society)
Organization
University of Amsterdam
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is a university with an internationally acclaimed profile, located at the heart of the Dutch capital. As well as a world center for business and research, Amsterdam is a hub of cultural and media activities. The University of Amsterdam is a member of the League of European Research Universities.
The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) is the largest educational and research institution in the social sciences in the Netherlands. The Faculty serves 7,500 students in numerous Bachelor's and Master's programmes in Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, Communication Science, Psychology, Social Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, and Educational Sciences. The academic staff is employed in education as well as research. There are over 1,100 employees at the Faculty department, which resides in a number of buildings in the centre of Amsterdam.
Date of entry: 15/09/2008
Conditions of employment
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: see below
Maximum hours per week: 38
Additional conditions of employment:
The appointment will be for a period of four years (one year plus a further three years after a positive evaluation) and should lead to a dissertation. Based on a full-time appointment, the gross monthly salary will be in accordance with the University regulations for academic personnel, and will range from € 2,000 (first year) up to a maximum of € 2,558 (fourth year).
The intended starting date for this position is September 15, 2008.
Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:
Dr Patrick Snellings
Telephone number: 31 (0)20 5257321
E-mail address: P.Snellings@uva.nl
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:
- About the organization (http://www.uva.nl/start.cfm/la=en/th=main)
- About the department (http://www.fmg.uva.nl/english/home.cfm)
- About the function (http://www.uva.nl/vacatures/vacatures.cfm/A613713C-1321-B0BE-A425FFE15965FCB7)
- Developmental Psychology (http://www.fmg.uva.nl/developmentalpsychology/)
You can apply for this job before 15-08-2009 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:
Afdeling Psychologie
J. Verduijn
Roetersstraat 15
1018 WB Amsterdam
E-mail: J.Verduijn@uva.nl
When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber AT 08-2029.
