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Dear colleagues,</div>
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My lab at Cardiff University is looking to hire the first of 2-3 full-time postdocs.</div>
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Advert and application details <a href="https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRP802/research-associate" target="_blank" id="OWAe23a5b59-e8fc-1866-c2d9-08f0b26bd65e" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRP802/research-associate" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" style="margin: 0px;">
here</a>.</div>
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We’re asking: <b>how do exploration and learning self-organise in the first years of life?</b></div>
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The project combines naturalistic and experimental infant research with rich multimodal methods, including head-mounted cameras, head-mounted and remote eye tracking, inertial sensors, fNIRS, and computational modelling.</div>
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This would be a great fit for someone excited by big theoretical questions, rich developmental data, and the opportunity to help shape a new, process-based science of early development. Depending on your expertise and interests, you might:</div>
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characterise developmental changes in exploratory behaviour</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
model exploratory dynamics using machine learning, information theory, or dynamical systems approaches</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
examine how neural coordination supports curiosity, uncertainty reduction, and prediction</li></ul>
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The post is full-time and fixed term until 14 April 2028.</div>
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Informal enquiries are very welcome: <a href="mailto:DSouzaD2@cardiff.ac.uk" id="OWA8264ca3c-3eba-692d-3e50-96bf7ddb962c" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:DSouzaD2@cardiff.ac.uk" data-linkindex="1" style="margin: 0px;">
DSouzaD2@cardiff.ac.uk</a></div>
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Please note that the application deadline is currently listed as Friday 29 May. This is a provisional deadline because HR are changing software systems on that date. I expect that we will be able to extend the deadline once the new system is in place.</div>
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Best wishes,<br>
Dean</div>
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