Cognitive Neuroscience Lab
Professor Diego Fernandez-Duque, Psychology Dept., Villanova University
Application for Undergraduate Research Assistantships
There are openings in my lab for serious and motivated undergraduates who are
interested in the area of Cognitive Science. If you are interested, please copy the
application form below, fill it out and e-mail it to me
(diego.fernandezduque@villanova.edu)
Duties of research assistants
Commit approximately 8-12 hours per week on a flexible basis to work in the
lab. Most of the work will involve developing stimuli, collecting data, and analyzing the
data on studies involving college students. This work will address questions of interest to
us (see lab website for details), and will also serve as pilot work for our patient studies.
Each RA is assigned to one project, usually based on their expressed preference
after hearing about current projects. RAs typically work in concert with Prof. FernandezDuque and one of the graduate students in the laboratory. RAs are trained on how to use
the equipment, recruit participants, run the experiments, and analyze the data. They are
expected to read the current literature related to their projects and to participate in weekly
lab meetings. Students who have completed some course work in relevant areas will be
given preference (e.g., cognitive psychology, biological psychology, neuroscience,
computer science, philosophy of mind). Familiarity with computers is a plus. Given the
amount of training involved, we prefer students who anticipate being able to work in the
lab for at least two semesters.
If interested, please send the following information to Prof. Diego FernandezDuque (diego.fernandezduque@villanova.edu).
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Name:
Phone and email contact:
Major:
Expected semester of graduation:
GPA (overall):
GPA (major):
List the grades for the following courses:
o Research Methods:
o Statistics:
o Cognition or Cognitive Science Courses:
o Biology/Neuroscience Courses:
o Other Science/Math/Computer Science Courses:
List your Technical skills (computers, electronics, statistics, etc.):
Briefly describe your Career Goals and research interest:
Important! include a term paper you had written, preferably for a psychology
course