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Study Coordinator/Lab Manager Position: Neural Dynamics of Control (full-time)

Study Coordinator/Lab Manager Position: Neural Dynamics of Control (full-time)
Dr. George Buzzell, Neural Dynamics of Control Laboratory, Florida International University
full-time, post-graduation


The Neural Dynamics of Control Laboratory with the Center for Children and Families seeks a full-time study coordinator/lab manager with administrative/executive assistant skills. Responsibilities: This individual will support and manage a multi-year NIMH R01 grant,...
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Internship: Neuroscience and Entrepreneurship (summer)Internship: Neuroscience and Entrepreneurship (summer)

Advanced Special Project Team Intern: Neuroscience and Entrepreneurship
BrainMind, Cambridge/Boston MA and Stanford CA
full-time for summer 2023 (applications due December 1)


BrainMind is hiring a team of motivated students to join our national Advanced Special Projects Team. BrainMind is a non-profit bringing together the top scientists, entrepreneurs, investors, and philanthropists to accelerate impactful innovation within the science of the brain and mind. This distinguished team brings together the brightest students from across...
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Research Assistant Positions: Development of Reward Processing in Infants and Toddlers

Research Assistant Positions: Development of Reward Processing in Infants and Toddlers
Prof. Charles Nelson, Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience, Boston Children’s Hospital, Medical School
spring 2023 (could begin earlier)


We are seeking committed undergraduates majoring in psychology, neuroscience, child development, early education, or a related field to join the Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience at Boston Children’s Hospital. The students will assist with a new study exploring the development of reward processing in infants and toddlers, the TREAT study (...

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Research Assistant Positions: Behavioral Neurobiology of Drosophila

Research Assistant Positions: Behavioral Neurobiology of Drosophila
Dr. Rachel Monyak and Dr. Edward Kravitz, Kravitz Laboratory, Medical School

fall 2022


Our laboratory uses genetic tools to explore the social behavior of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. While the focus in the past has been on aggression in male and female fruit flies, these studies have been expanded recently to include...

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Research Assistant Position: Representational Structure of Episodic Memory and Imagination

Research Assistant Position: Representational Structure of Episodic Memory and Imagination
Dr. Johannes Mahr and Prof. Daniel Schacter, Psychology/FAS
fall 2022


The Schacter Memory Lab researches episodic memory and imagination, their role in human cognition, as well as their development throughout the life span. This project is part of an effort to understand the structure of episodic...
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Research Assistant Positions: Neurodevelopment in Children and Adolescents with Complex Medical Conditions

Research Assistant Positions: Neurodevelopment in Children and Adolescents with Complex Medical Conditions
Prof. Caitlin Rollins, Department of Neurology, Boston Children’s Hospital
fall 2022


This clinical research program addresses neurologic sequalae of complex medical conditions with a focus on congenital heart disease, extreme prematurity, and COVID-19, including multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). The ELGAN-ECHO Study is a multi-site NIH-funded project that...

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Research Assistant Position: Phonetics/Phonology and Co-Speech Gesture

Research Assistant Position: Phonetics/Phonology and Co-Speech Gesture
Dr. Karee Garvin and Prof. Kathryn Franich, Harvard Phonetics and Phonology Lab, Department of Linguistics, FAS
fall 2022



The Harvard Phonetics and Phonology lab is focused on the study of sound systems of human languages. Our main areas of focus are in prosody and rhythm, and we are currently exploring links between speech production and perception with other aspects...

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Research Assistant Positions: Cultural Evolution and Psychology of Story

Research Assistant Positions: Cultural Evolution and Psychology of Story
Dr. Manvir Singh, Culture, Cognition, and Coevoluation Lab, Human Evolutionary Biology (FAS)
fall 2022
 
Seeking research assistants with interests in narrative, cultural evolution, and human universals to assist with research on cross-cultural patterns in story. ... Read more about Research Assistant Positions: Cultural Evolution and Psychology of Story

Research Assistant Positions: Development and Learning (Behavioral Studies, Computational Models, and Education Research)

Research Assistant Positions: Development and Learning (Behavioral Studies, Computational Models, and Education Research)
Prof. Elizabeth Bonawitz, Dr. Ilona Bass, and Dr. Igor Bascandziev, Computational Cognitive Development Lab, School of Education
fall 2022



Our research bridges Cognitive Development, Computational Modeling, and Education to inform our understanding of human learning. Specifically, we study the structure...

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Research Assistant Positions: Neural Circuitry of Heart/Brain Communication

Research Assistant Positions:Neural Circuitry of Heart/Brain Communication
Luis Hernandez-Nunez, PhD, and Prof. Florian Engert, Molecular and Cellular Biology-FAS
Spring, Summer, Fall 2023
How do the brain and heart modulate each other’s function? The heart-brain communication axis is central to vertebrate health and survival. For example, when an animal perceives a threat, during its response the brain modulates heart function, and neural feedback from the heart modulates brain activity. We know that the intracardiac...
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Research Assistant Position: Sleep, Cognition and Neuropsychiatry

Research Assistant Position: Sleep, Cognition and Neuropsychiatry
Dr. Dara Manoach, PhD, Sleep, Cognition and Neuropsychiatry (SCAN) Lab, Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
fall 2022


The SCAN Lab is seeking a volunteer Undergraduate Research Assistant. We use multimodal neuroimaging and electrophysiological techniques to understand the contribution of abnormal sleep rhythms to cognitive deficits and symptoms in individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders, primarily autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia....

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Research Assistant Positions: Development of Young Children's Thinking, Behaviors, and Ability to Regulate Their Emotions

Research Assistant Positions: Development of Young Children's Thinking, Behaviors, and Ability to Regulate Their Emotions
Charles A. Nelson, Ph.D., Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience, Boston Children's Hospital / Harvard Medical School
fall 2022, spring 2023, and summer 2023 (September 2022 or earlier through August 31, 2023)


The Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience, under the direction of Charles A. Nelson, Ph.D., seek 2 part-time research assistants for a research study examining how children’s thinking, behaviors, and ability to regulate their emotions develop...

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Research Assistant Position: Neuroscience of Sleep and Wakefulness

Research Assistant Position:Neuroscience of sleep and wakefulness
Thomas Scammell, MD, Carrie Mahoney, PhD, and Mustafa Korkutata, Phd; Scammell Laboratory, Medical School
fall 2022


Our lab studies the brain circuitry that controls sleep and wakefulness, using cutting edge neuroscience techniques in mice. Current projects focus on questions such as What causes sleepiness in narcolepsy? Why is...
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