Postdoctoral research position in psychology and movement...

De : Blandine BRIL Blandine.Bril@ehess.fr
*Postdoctoral research position in psychology and movement science
applied to archeology*.

A European Commission-funded post.

Applications are invited for postdoctoral position to carry out
research in the context of the European Commission funded project
HANDTOMOUTH ("Hand to mouth: a framework for understanding the
archaeological and fossil records of human cognitive evolution";
Coordinator: Dr. James Steel; website of the project:
www.handtomouth.ucl.ac.uk), a European multidisciplinary project
involving Archaeologists, Psychologist, Human Movement Scientists and
Neuroscientists.

The study will focus on the perceptuo-motor organisation of tool
production at the level of the elementary technical gesture,
focussing on the hammering movements used to remove flakes from stone
core in Oldowan flake tool production when performed by modern human
knappers. A modelling study of the sensitivity of the kinematic
analysis of movement coordination dynamics to variation of the limb
segment proportions within the known range for fossil and modern /
Homo/ will be carried out.

The post-holder will work with Blandine Bril and Gilles Dietrich, at
the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, located in Paris.

Applicant should have a PhD in Psychology or Movement Science with
strong interest in behavioural research, or in Archaeology with
strong interest in behavioural studies and movement science. An
experience in movement analysis is most welcome.

Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, publications and a
motivation letter to Blandine Bril (blandine.bril@ehess.fr
mailto:blandine.bril@ehess.fr ).

The position is funded for 18 months, and could start on September
1rst, 2007.


The closing date for application is 23^rd june 2007

For more information please contact Blandine Bril by e-mail
(blandine.bril@ehess.fr mailto:blandine.bril@ehess.fr ) or phone (33
1 49 54 20 74)

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Blandine Bril

Directeure d'études


Groupe de Recherche Apprentissage et Contexte

Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales

54 Bd Raspail, 75006 Paris


tel 00 33 (0)1 49 54 20 74

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