INFORMATION ABOUT THE POSITION
- Position: Research Assistant (RA)
- Researcher profile: Research Assistant
- Number of vacancies: 2
- Research group: Consciousness
- Project: Emotion Neurofeedback
- Funding source: La Caixa
- Location: Spain > Donostia-San Sebastián
- Research field: Cognitive Neuroscience
- Type of contract/Duration of Contract: Temporary, 3 year
- Job Status: Full-time
- Hours per week: 35
- Starting date: 31 December 2026
- Application deadline: 12 October 2026

Information about the project:

Previous research has identified neural signatures associated with conscious experience, but how these representations shape subjective experience—particularly emotional experience—remains poorly understood. This project will investigate how emotion-related neural representations can be decoded and experimentally modulated using functional neuroimaging and decoded neurofeedback .

We are recruiting two Research Assistants: one position will focus on an fMRI-based protocol and the other on an fNIRS-based approach.



Both RAs will contribute to the development and implementation of neurofeedback procedures and will work closely together to compare and integrate approaches across the two neuroimaging modalities.

The project will examine how changes in brain representations during neurofeedback relate to changes in physiology and subjective emotional experience, with the broader aim of understanding how specific patterns of brain activity contribute to the construction and modulation of conscious emotional states. It combines methods from cognitive neuroscience, neuroimaging, machine learning and neurofeedback, providing an interdisciplinary research environment for candidates interested in the neural basis of emotion and consciousness.

Job description: We seek a highly motivated candidates with a background in Psychology/Computer Science/Engineering/Cognitive Neuroscience, with interests in human brain imaging and neurofeedback technologies. The RA will have

📌 Position : Research Assistant (RA) (Donostia / San Sebastián)
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