The NeuroCognition of Language Lab prioritizes inclusion and diversity in all our research and training activities. We are fully committed to an intellectual climate that is stimulating, challenging, and rigorous, and, at the same time, welcoming and supportive. We respect and value the full spectrum of human diversity in race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, age, disability, and national origin. Members of our lab work together to create an environment of inclusion, mutual respect, and support.
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NeuroCognition of Language Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital / Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging and Tufts University
The NeuroCognition of Language Lab, jointly based at Tufts University and the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital, is offering a fully funded two-year postdoctoral position with opportunities to contribute to research in both multimodal neuroimaging and computational language analysis.
One project focuses on the analysis of rich MEG and EEG datasets to investigate the spatiotemporal dynamics of prediction during language comprehension. These source-localized MEG datasets offer a uniquely powerful tool for tracking how neural activity unfolds in both time and space during real-time language processing.
A second project is part of a multi-center collaboration focused on schizophrenia, and involves analyzing large-scale corpora of patient speech. The postdoc will apply Large Language Models (LLMs) and other computational psycholinguistic methods to quantify disorganized language production and explore its cognitive and theoretical underpinnings.
Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in cognitive science, psycholinguistics, psychology, linguistics, neuroscience, computational neuroscience, or a related field. The ideal candidate will have:
- Strong computational and programming skills (Python, MATLAB, R)
- Interest in applying LLMs and computational language models to behavioral and neural data
- Enthusiasm for theory-driven research at the intersection of psycholinguistics and computational neuroscience
- Hands-on experience analyzing EEG data (preferred but not required)
- A strong interest in working with MEG data, especially in the context of source localization and high temporal resolution
- Proficiency in linear mixed-effects modeling (LMERs) and advanced statistical methods
The position offers valuable opportunities to work with state-of-the-art methods, including multimodal neuroimaging, computational modeling, and naturalistic language analysis.
For more about our lab, see: https://kuperberglab.com/
Massachusetts General Hospital and Tufts University are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers. Full-time employees receive full benefits.
To apply, please send the following to Gina Kuperberg, M.D., Ph.D. at gkuperberg@mgh.harvard.edu and CC arim.choi@tufts.edu:
- Curriculum Vitae
- Cover letter including a statement of research experience, achievements, and interests
- PDFs of published or submitted papers
not currently hiring
The NeuroCognition Lab is looking for volunteer undergraduate researchers to administer neuropsychological tests that are integrated with our electrophysiology and neuroimaging projects. Researchers would be trained to conduct, score, and analyze a series of standardized neuropsychological assessments, which includes using REDCap and two different stimulus presentation software suites. This is a great opportunity to interact directly with study participants---in addition to conducting assessment sessions, researchers will be responsible for subject recruitment for ongoing electrophysiology studies in the lab. Promising students may also be trained on electrophysiological research methods. For details on lab requirements and applying, please read our page on undergraduate volunteers or email us!
Not currently hiring
We are looking for prospective graduate students with a strong interest in the cognitive science of language, the neurobiology of language and/or language and semantics in neuropsychiatric disorders, especially psychosis.
Please read through our lab’s publications, including current abstracts and posters, for insights into our ongoing work.
If you are interested in joining the lab, you are encouraged to email Dr. Gina Kuperberg ahead of time at gkuperberg@mgh.harvard.edu. Please give some indication of your research interests as well as your qualifications.
Graduate students earn their PhD at Tufts University in either Psychology alone or Psychology plus Cognitive Science. Dr. Kuperberg’s lab is based both at Tufts University and the Martinos Center of Biomedical Imaging, at Mass. General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Students have opportunities to carry out neuroimaging studies using ERPs at Tufts University and using functional MRI and MEG at the Martinos Center.
For more information about the Psychology Ph.D. program at Tufts, see the departmental website: https://ase.tufts.edu/psychology/graduate/
For more information about the interdisciplinary Cognitive Science PhD program at Tufts: http://cogsci.tufts.edu/academics/
For more information about the Martinos Center at Mass. General Hospital: https://nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
Post-doctoral fellows have many opportunities in our lab to develop their research programs and become familiar with a variety of different neuroimaging methods to study language processing in the brain, including ERPs, fMRI and MEG.
If you are a recent Ph.D. graduate who is interested in post-doctoral research with Dr. Kuperberg, please contact her directly at gkuperberg@mgh.harvard.edu.
Post-docs in our lab are appointed either through Mass. General Hospital, Harvard Medical School (Department of Psychiatry) or through Tufts University (Department of Psychology).
We also encourage you to familiarize yourself with post-doctoral funding opportunities, including those offered through the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF).
NIH: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/funding/training/funding-opportunities-for-postdoctoral-fellows.shtml
NSF: https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504810