Phd Position Department of Cognitive Neuroscience

PhD position: The Memory Function of Sleep: Reactivating lost memories using Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation (NIBS) and a Pharmacological Approach at the Department of Neuropsychology and Psychopharmacology (NP&PP) In our lab, we study ‘The Memory Function of Sleep’. To this end, we conduct both animal and human studies. Some of this work is conducted by...

Are you interested in working within a dynamic team to design behavioral measures to predict and prevent reading problems in children? We offer a fully-funded PhD position._ Children’s reading proficiency is closely related to their self-beliefs, such as their mindset, and socio-emotional well-being. Current practices for early assessment of (pre)reading...

Are you interested in working within a dynamic team to investigate the neural representations and computations underlying visual mental imagery? Do you want to understand why the experienced vividness of mental images is so different across individuals? Then join the ERC-funded project 'MINDSEYE' as a PhD student. Despite extensive research, we still do not...

Are you interested in working within a dynamic team to investigate the neural representations and computations underlying visual mental imagery? Do you want to understand why the experienced vividness of mental images is so different across individuals? Then join the ERC-funded project 'MINDSEYE' as a postDoc. Despite extensive research, we still do not...

The Maastricht Sustainability Institute (MSI) offers an exciting opportunity for a fulltime PhD position of four years in political economy and sustainability science. - the major changes required in food supply chains, markets, individual livelihoods, and dietary habits; - the consequences of such changes on social inequality and conflicts, and; - the...

Physiological and Accelerated Pacing in Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and Patients with Atrial Fibrillation. Background Heart failure (HF) is a prevalent clinical syndrome with diverse phenotypes. HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) accounts for over 50% of HF diagnoses. Despite its increasing incidence, HFpEF lacks...

The Department of Quantitative Economics at Maastricht University School of Business and Economics is looking to fill a PhD position. **Requirements**: In multiple domains, there can be a welfare gain when parties work together. These cooperations lead to centralized optimization problems, where the total system is optimized. Such an optimization algorithm...

The recent pace and scale of new developments in science and technology have presented our societies with an ever-expanding set of social and political challenges. At the same time, there is a long tradition of philosophers who have critically engaged with science and technology. This history contains valuable but often forgotten insights and tools for the...

Job DescriptionMaastricht University invites applications for a fully-funded PhD position focused on studying the human element of EU laws for data and AI.The widespread use of annoying and ineffective "cookie banners" on websites is just one symptom of this. In your PhD research, you will seek to understand how to better respect the human element in AI...

Meta-analytical studies indicate that social class indicators correlate with healthy behaviours such as eating healthy or regularly exercising. One reason for such associations may be that living in socio-economically resourceful conditions facilitates developing and adhering to beneficial habits. On the contrary, precarious employment as a condition...

**Project** (**Limits of) Support for social change among the advantaged: when ingroup/self-interest conflicts with morality.** Social inequality is on the rise. We see societies polarized between those who put efforts to decrease social inequality at the forefront of their political agendas and others who openly favor inequality in their countries or deny...

Do you find it important that education is inclusive and equitable? Would you like to contribute to current insights on identity safety in the context of health professions education? This PhD project focuses on gaining understanding of identity safety among students in health professions programmes and the role of educators in fostering this construct. One...

Law affects us all, but it still struggles to address widespread harms in digital technologies. The massive adoption of (often) annoying - and usually illegal - “cookie banners” on websites is just one symptom of this. In your PhD project, you will seek to contribute to a better understanding of how technical methods can help study how cutting-edge...

About the ProjectWe are seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to investigate the bioavailability of plant-based micronutrients. The successful candidate will work on elucidating the underlying mechanisms of intestinal absorption of plant-based micronutrients and enhance the uptake.Job DescriptionDevelop and characterize a food innovation by encapsulating...

**Project Description** **Role description** - Study relevant literature in the field of carbohydrate metabolism in health and disease (e.g. cancer patients). - Work out the details of the project proposal and obtain medical ethical approval. - Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of researchers to develop MR metabolic imaging methods at 7T to measure...

The Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC) is recruiting a senior academic for its strategic programme of research and innovation in clinical neurotechnology. This programme is embedded in the internationally leading activities in deep brain stimulation (DBS), invasive neurophysiology and brain computer interface (BCI) development of the department of...

Maastricht University is a world-class research institution located in the Netherlands, offering an exciting opportunity for a PhD candidate to join our team.The successful candidate will work on a project investigating the bioavailability of plant-based micronutrients, with a focus on developing innovative solutions for enhancing nutrient uptake.We are...

The Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (FPN) is a dynamic community focused on high-level teaching and research. To maintain the quality of education, the faculty is looking for a new colleague with a background in psychology and neuroscience. Will you join our nice team? - You provide teaching within the two bachelor programs offered by the Faculty of...

This vacancy represents an exciting opportunity for ambitious individuals to join the department of Cell Biology-Inspired Tissue Engineering (cBITE) at the MERLN Institute for Technology-inspired Regenerative Medicine at Maastricht University in the Netherlands as part of the ERC STG project “AUTOMATHIC”, under the supervision of dr. Aurélie Carlier....

This vacancy represents an exciting opportunity for ambitious individuals to join the department of Cell Biology-Inspired Tissue Engineering (cBITE) at the MERLN Institute for Technology-inspired Regenerative Medicine at Maastricht University in the Netherlands as part of the ERC STG project “AUTOMATHIC”, under the supervision of dr. Aurélie Carlier....