The new Center for Cognitive and Decision Sciences at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, under the direction of Ralph Hertwig, seeks applicants for

Predoctoral Fellowships

The positions are available from October 1, 2012, but later start dates are possible.
 
Candidates should be interested in studying the mechanisms underlying decision making. The Center for Cognitive and Decision Sciences will take an interdisciplinary approach to cognitive science and decision making, and candidates may have training in psychology, philosophy, economics, sociology, biology, computer science, mathematics and/or neuroscience. Candidates should be interested in using behavioral, computational and/or neuroscience methods to study the cognitive, affective, social and/or developmental basis of decision making.
 
The Max Planck Institute for Human Development (www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de) offers an excellent infrastructure including support staff and equipment for conducting experiments (e. g., behavioral laboratory, fMRI, EEG, TMS). It provides an international research environment, with English being the working language of the Center for Cognitive and Decision Sciences.
 
The Max Planck Society is commited to employing more handicapped individuals and especially encourages them to apply.
 
The Max Planck Society seeks to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply.
 
Applications for the positions must be submitted by March 25, 2012, to ensure consideration. However, review of applications will continue until all available positions are filled.
 
For further inquires about the position, please contact Rui Mata (rui.mata@unibas.ch).

The Predoctoral Fellowships positions are for three years (plus two six-month extensions). Applications (consisting of a cover letter describing your research interests, a curriculum vitae including course grades, reprints or a two-page summary of your master thesis, and one letter of recommendation) should be sent as a single PDF file, with your name as the file name, to Monika Oppong