<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Dear All,</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">There is an exciting opportunity to pursue a funded PhD with
me at Queen Mary University of London, starting in January 2025. <b>Please help
me spread the news by forwarding this to people who may be interested.</b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">To benefit from funding, candidates have to qualify for Home
fees in the UK.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">The PhD will focus on using reinforcement learning to study
how we update our beliefs in the face of mis/disinformation. I am particularly
interested in candidates with strong computational skills (e.g., computational
models of cognitive processes) and some experience in programming (e.g., online experiments).</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Further information can be found at:</p>

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</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><a href="https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/characterising-cognitive-biases-elicited-by-disinformation-using-reinforcement-learning/?p174130" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/characterising-cognitive-biases-elicited-by-disinformation-using-reinforcement-learning/?p174130</a></p>

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</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><a href="https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/postgraduate/phd-programmes/postgraduate-research-studentships/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">Postgraduate
research studentships - School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
(qmul.ac.uk)</a></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">If you are interested in this opportunity and would like to
know more about it, please contact me via email at <a href="mailto:a.pirrone@liverpool.ac.uk" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">r,moran@qmul.ac.uk</a>
and include your CV.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Best wishes,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Rani</p><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Rani Moran,</div><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Lecturer in Psychology,</div><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences,</div><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Queen Mary, University of London</div><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Honorary Research Fellow,</div><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing,</div><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">University College London (UCL)</div></div></div></div>