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About the Role

The successful candidate will join the research project, Mechanisms and Sequential Progression of Plasticity, at the Center for Lifespan Psychology of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany. The postdoctoral researcher will play a central role in designing and conducting behavioral and neuroimaging studies aimed at testing the EESR theory of learning-related plastic brain changes.

Responsibilities

• Designing neuroimaging studies of motor skill learning
• Overviewing empirical studies
• Conducting behavioral and neuroimaging analyses using advanced statistical methods
• Writing and revising manuscripts
• Presenting findings at international conferences
• Contributing to task development (e.g., scanner-compatible hardware)

Requirements

• Doctoral degree in psychology, cognitive neuroscience, or related fields
• Interest in neural mechanisms of experience-dependent behavioral change
• Experience in conducting and analyzing cognitive neuroscience experiments
• Knowledge and skills in multivariate statistics and the measurement of change
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in an interdisciplinary research environment
• Excellent written and spoken English-language skills
• Commitment to transparent, rigorous, and responsible research

Skills

• Functional connectivity
• Representational similarity analysis
• Decoding techniques
• Structural connectivity
• Magnetic resonance spectroscopy
• Quantitative MRI
• Computational modeling of sensorimotor learning

Location

• Berlin, Germany

Work Type

• Full-time
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Postdoctoral

Education Level

• Doctoral degree

Salary/Compensations

• EG 13 TVöD

Benefits

• Access to training programs offered by the Planck Academy of the MPG
• Flexible working hours
• Possibility to work remotely (up to 40%)
• Annual bonus payment in accordance with the TVöD
• 30 days of vacation
• December 24 and 31 off
• Daycare partnerships with dedicated places
• Parent-child room at the institute
• Excellent public transport connections
• Jobticket
• Institute canteen
• Biodiverse institute garden
• Various offers related to “health in the workplace” (e.g., fitness room, massage services, yoga classes)
• Extensive support services (e.g., International Office, Representatives for Employees with Disabilities, Gender Equality Office, mental health support)
• Diversity-sensitive working environment (e.g., meetups, networking, accessible and gender-neutral toilets)

About the Company

• At the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, we study how and why people develop differently over the course of their lives, and how physical, societal, and technological aspects of the environment shape this process.
• Working across disciplines such as psychology, neuroscience, computer science, economics, and sociology, we do research within a context that fosters academic freedom, curiosity, and collaborative work to generate insights that help shape living conditions for individuals and societies to thrive.
• We combine pioneering interdisciplinary research infrastructures with local and inter-national collaboration to generate knowledge that strengthens individuals and society.
• Our vision is that of a healthy environment and an open society that allows individuals to realize their potential.

Equal Opportunity

• The Max Planck Society strives for gender equality and diversity. Diversity, equity, and inclusion enrich our society and foster scientific excellence.
• We are committed to increasing the number of women in areas in which they are underrepresented and employing more people with disabilities.
• We welcome applications from people who belong to groups that are often underrepresented in the workplace due to, among other factors, age, disability/chronic illness, ethnicity, gender identity, and religion.