Research Associate (Motor Cognition)

Contract type: Fixed Term – until 31 May 2018
Average weekly working hours: 35.00

Department

Exercise and Sport Science has a reputation for excellent academic programmes, high student satisfaction, international quality research and innovative commercial and community activities. We cover a range of specialisms that include biomechanics, coaching, physical education, physiology, psychology, and sport development. Our courses are endorsed by the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) and are very highly regarded within the UK.

Our bespoke Exercise and Sport Science centre provides a series of large laboratory spaces, an environmental chamber, genetics and biochemistry laboratories, as well as an eight court sports hall, fitness suite and sports injury clinic.

The Health, Exercise and Active Living Research Centre comprises three groups of prolific researchers with a sustained history of research aligned with Health, Sport and Exercise Science. Our research is innovative and applied. It is aligned closely with the learning and teaching provision in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science.

Role

The role will be to provide an active contribution to the work of the Motor Cognition and Psychophysiology research group. The group’s work spans many areas of human performance in the sport and clinical domains.

Broad in scope, our nationally- and internationally-renowned research ranges from laboratory-based work examining the use of video and motor imagery to support skill learning to work in the stroke community developing therapeutic interventions to support motor (re)learning.

Our interdisciplinary work has roots in psychology and neuroscience and we employ a range of methodological tools including transcranial magnetic stimulation, electroencephalography, eye gaze registration, computational modelling, motion tracking and clinical assessment.

Ideal Candidate

The idea candidate will hold a doctoral qualification in psychology, neuroscience or a related discipline and be confident in the use and development of laboratory techniques.