The Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) is offering a PhD position within the BIBALANCE project, recently funded by the European Research Council (ERC). The project aims to investigate the impact of early bilingualism on the brain’s resilience to dyslexia, through increased interhemispheric connectivity. Specifically, we will examine whether bilingual experience and its effects on the brain’s architecture and connectivity can help mitigate genetic susceptibility to dyslexia. To achieve this objective, we will test bilingual children with and without a family history of dyslexia, both cross-sectionally and longitudinally, using behavioural and neuroimaging techniques, including MEG and MRI.

Job description:

Designing and implementing longitudinal studies in children with or without (family risk of) dyslexia using neuroimaging (MEG and MRI) and behavioural methods
Analysing MEG recordings and MRI data
Writing research papers under the supervision of the PI, aiming to publish at top-tier journals
Dissemination of results at international scientific conferences
Assisting in the supervision of predoctoral students and research assistants
Candidates selected for this role may also be appointed to teach within the BCBL Master in cognitive neuroscience of language (https://www.bcbl.eu/en/study-with-us/masters-cognitive-neuroscience-language), subject to further evaluation and approval by the department.