Postdoctoral researcher (M/F) in cognitive neuroscience: intracranial recordings (iEEG) of perception-action interaction in humans
New
- Researcher in FTC
- 24 months
- Doctorate
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Offer at a glance
The Unit
Centre Neuroscience Intégrative et Cognition
Contract Type
Researcher in FTC
Working hHours
Full Time
Workplace
75006 PARIS 06
Contract Duration
24 months
Date of Hire
01/03/2027
Remuneration
from 3131€ gross per month
Apply Application Deadline : 06 November 2026 23:59
Job Description
Missions
The postdoctoral researcher will work on PERMORE, a project funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR) and coordinated by Florian Waszak (INCC, UMR 8002), in partnership with Dr Pierre Bourdillon's neurosurgery department at Hôpital Fondation Adolphe de Rothschild (HFAR). The project tests prediction-based theories of action control by determining how perceptual and motor representations overlap in the human brain. Embedded in the clinical setting, the postdoc will run the intracranial EEG experiments in implanted epilepsy patients and analyse the data.
Activity
• Design and program perception-action paradigms: visual localiser tasks, action-effect learning, movements induced by electrical muscle stimulation
• Collect iEEG data (sEEG, ECoG, laminar electrodes) in patients implanted at HFAR, in coordination with the clinical team
• Where needed, run equivalent experiments with OPM-MEG in healthy volunteers
• Analyse the data: local field potentials, oscillatory activity, multivariate decoding, connectivity, current source density
• Write papers and present results at conferences
• Contribute to student supervision
• Ensure compliance with ethical and regulatory protocols (consent, GDPR)
Your Profil
Skills
• PhD in neuroscience, cognitive science, biomedical engineering or a related field
• Proven experience in human electrophysiology, ideally iEEG (EEG or MEG considered)
• Proficiency in Python and/or MATLAB and analysis toolboxes (MNE-Python, FieldTrip or similar)
• Time-frequency analysis, decoding, non-parametric statistics
• Experiment programming (PsychoPy, Psychtoolbox or similar)
• Interest in predictive theories of action control
• Fluent English; French is an asset for interacting with patients
• Independence, rigour, and enjoyment of interdisciplinary teamwork in a hospital environment
Your Work Environment
INCC (UMR 8002, CNRS / Université Paris Cité) has about 100 members in six research groups. The position is split between INCC (Paris 6th) and HFAR (Paris 19th). Each year HFAR treats about 45 to 50 sEEG patients and 25 to 30 ECoG or awake-surgery patients, and has laminar electrodes and an OPM-MEG system. The project includes a collaboration with the sleep laboratory of the University of Tübingen.
Constraints and risks
Work in a hospital setting, with hours adapted to the clinical schedule (occasional evening or operating-room sessions). Regular travel between the two Paris sites.
Compensation and benefits
Compensation
from 3131€ gross per month
Annual leave and RTT
44 jours
Remote Working practice and compensation
Pratique et indemnisation du TT
Transport
Prise en charge à 75% du coût et forfait mobilité durable jusqu’à 300€
About the offer
| Offer reference | UMR8002-FLOWAS-005 |
|---|---|
| CN Section(s) / Research Area | Brain, cognition and behaviour |
About the CNRS
The CNRS is a major player in fundamental research on a global scale. The CNRS is the only French organization active in all scientific fields. Its unique position as a multi-specialist allows it to bring together different disciplines to address the most important challenges of the contemporary world, in connection with the actors of change.
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