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Assistant Professor in Predictive Brain Processes Welcome to Maastricht University! How does the brain construct an adaptive interpretation of the world? How do sensory information, prior knowledge, expectations, goals and internal states interact to shape perception, learning and decision-making? At the Department of Cognitive Neuroscience of Maastricht University, we are looking for an Assistant Professor in Predictive Brain Processes who wants to develop an ambitious and independent research programme that advances our mechanistic understanding of how the brain anticipates, infers, learns and acts under uncertainty. Assistant Professor in Predictive Brain Processes Our goal: You will establish an independent and internationally visible research programme in predictive brain processes and contribute to the education programmes of the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience. Your colleagues: You will join the Cognitive Neuroscience (CN) department within the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (FPN) at Maastricht University. CN currently consists of around 60 permanent staff members and approximately 70 temporary staff members, including PhD candidates and postdocs. We are a collaborative group investigating the neural processes underlying human cognitive functions, including perception, attention, emotion, memory, learning, language and neurocognitive development. CN combines different approaches to measuring and manipulating brain activity and overt behaviour, including MRI at 3T and 7T, EEG, psychophysics, non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) and neurofeedback. Experimental expertise comes together with methodological development and theoretical and computational approaches. Alongside fundamental research, our work also connects to applications such as brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) for people with locked-in syndrome, the treatment of depression and the remediation of dyslexia. What you do You will have the intell...