The Wu Tsai Institute is a major new initiative at Yale University with the mission to understand human cognition — how we perceive, think, remember, and decide — through neuroscience and data science. The Center for Neurocognition and Behavior, one of the Institute’s three research centers, houses BrainWorks, a world-class facility for measuring the healthy human brain and behavior in action with the latest technologies for safely measuring and manipulating brain activity with unparalleled precision (e.g., fMRI, MEG, OPM, EEG, fNIRS, TMS, sleep staging) and for capturing naturalistic behavior (e.g., VR, eye tracking, body tracking, psychophysiology, and psychophysics). This position will provide experience in a wide range of state-of-the art equipment for human neuroscience research with emphases on noninvasive scalp recording methods such as electroencephalography and near infrared spectroscopy, and the integration of these methods in naturalistic or virtual reality environments. Depending on interest, training may extend to other methods, including magnetoencephalography, magnetic resonance imaging, transcranial magnetic stimulation, physiological recording, eye tracking, and motion capture.

The student will have responsibility for upkeep of laboratory spaces, assisting users with the equipment, and routine maintenance.