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Overview

The psychology department pursues excellence in teaching and research in the field of experimental psychology.

What You'll Do

Under supervision of the Principal Investigator, the Research Technician will conduct a variety of experiments using established procedure.

• May design and program experiments
• Recruit participants
• Facilitiate experiments
• Data Entry
• The Research Assistant will also have some administration duties related to maintaining documentation, databases, and coordinating events and meetings.

What We're Looking For

Basic Requirements:

• Knowledge and skills as typically acquired by a Bachelor's degree in Experimental Psychology, Linguistics, Computer Science, or a closely related field.
• Strong interest in how language is processed in the brain.
• Very strong quantitative and analytic skills and comfort with programs such as Excel and Powerpoint.
• Some research experience with statistics and familiarity with statistical analysis software such as SPSS.
• Very strong organizational skills: Must be self-motivated, resourceful, very organized; able to multi-task and prioritize.
• Strong computational skills including ability to manage databases in excel.
• Ability to work well in teams, with strong communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience on ERP data collection and analysis.
• A two-year time commitment is requested.