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Postdoctoral position in Neuroeconomics of Decision Making

A postdoctoral position is available to study the Neuroeconomics of Decision Making at Duke University with an emphasis on brain imaging, emotion, memory, and aging. The position is an opportunity for a dynamic and integrative research experience combining functional MRI and behavioral approaches in middle-aged and older adults. State-of-the-art facilities include research-dedicated 3T and 4T GE MRI scanners. The two-year NIA-funded project involves collaborations among Drs. Scott Huettel, Kevin LaBar, and colleagues in the Fuqua School of Business, Center for Aging, and Center for Cognitive Neuroscience. Duke University is an equal opportunity employer, and women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Please e-mail cover letter and C.V. to Amy Winecoff at .

We are seeking applicants with a background in neuroimaging who have sufficient expertise to handle the computational and statistical analyses required of fMRI research. Excellent communications skills and a sensitivity to issues pertinent to older adults are required to interact with the human subjects involved in the research. We will use a marketing approach to study how older adults integrate information from persuasive messages about personal health products and prescription drugs. In addition, we are interested in how laboratory models of decision-making relate to real-world finanical investment decisions of older adults. Behavioral and fMRI measures will be used to determine how decision-making is influenced by demands on memory and emotion systems and predicted by age-related functional connectivity changes in the frontal and temporal lobes. The research is highly interdisciplinary, combining research interests of Drs. Huettel, LaBar and Cabeza from the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Drs. Luce and Bettman from the Fuqua School of Business, and Dr. Madden from the Center for Aging in Duke School of Medicine. The applicant will also be exposed to weekly seminar series offered by these units as well as other scholarly activities in the Center for Neuroeconomic Studies, the Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, and the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience. Additional information about the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience is available at www.mind.duke.edu.