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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">The Bowdoin College Psychology Department invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join Assistant Professor, Abhilasha Kumar on a National Science
Foundation (NSF) funded grant, in collaboration with Mike Jones at Indiana University.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">This is a two-year appointment with a flexible start date (Jan 2024 – July 2024). The annual stipend for this benefits-eligible position is $63,000. Applications
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">The postdoc will collaboratively work with PIs at Bowdoin College and Indiana University. The project, Modeling Search within the Mental
Lexicon (NSF #2235362) will investigate the cognitive mechanisms underlying memory search and retrieval. The postdoc will work on developing a unified computational framework based on a large gamified behavioral study and novel approaches to model search via
random walks and optimal foraging.<span class="apple-converted-space"> The postdoc will have access to generous research & travel funding + opportunities for professional development and mentoring at Bowdoin & IU.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Interested candidates should explore the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://thelexiconlab.github.io/" title="https://thelexiconlab.github.io/"><span style="color:#0078D7">lab
website</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and can reach out to Abhilasha Kumar at
<a href="mailto:a.kumar@bowdoin.edu">a.kumar@bowdoin.edu</a> with questions. Formal job posting is at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://careers.bowdoin.edu/postings/11751" target="_blank" title="https://careers.bowdoin.edu/postings/11751"><span style="color:#0078D7">https://careers.bowdoin.edu/postings/11751</span></a>.
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