Student Research Assistant | Emmy Noether Group Real-world Applications of Variability in Episodic memory and Neurodevelopment

Job Offer valid until August 16, 2026

The third-party funded, multi-site collaboration project among the Max Planck Institute for Human
Development in Berlin (PI: Zoe Ngo), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (PI: Claudia Buss), and
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt (PI: Yee Lee Shing) is looking for applications for a position as a:
Student Research Assistant (f/m/d) (35.5 Hrs. / Month)

Project description

The 4-year-long experiment aims to characterize the development of schema formation and
memory specificity, on the behavioral and neural levels, in children and adults. We will examine how
early life adversity, known to impact consolidation-related neural substrates, differentially impacts
schema formation and episodic memory in children. Further, we will assess the memory benefits
of targeted memory reactivation for schema-relevant and schema-irrelevant information in children
with and without early stress exposure, and in adults.

We offer:

• Work in a young and international team
• Flexible working hours; 16.50€ or 17.17€/hour depending on qualifications
• Insight into all stages of preparation, implementation and evaluation of developmental
  psychology studies
• Training in the implementation and evaluation of complex behavioral data analyses

We are searching for:

• Highly motivated, reliable and responsible students of psychology (all semesters) or a related
  subject with very good English and native-level German skills
• Enjoy working with children
• Interest in developmental psychology/cognitive neuroscience
• Good knowledge of programming languages (R, MATLAB, Python) or willingness to develop
  them
• Experience in data collection for psychological studies is helpful, but not required
• Perspective interest in working on the project for at least 1 year

Your tasks will include

• Managing communication with study participants and their families (recruitment
  scheduling, etc.)
• Preparation of and conduction of behavioral experimental sessions with children
• Stimulus generation (with help of AI tools)

The earliest possible entry date is October 1, 2026.

Your Application

Please send your application with a cover letter, CV (without photo), bachelor's or intermediate
examination certificates, high school diploma and job references (if available) in one PDF file by email
to raven@mpib-berlin.mpg.de by August 16, 2026.

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