
PhD scholarship Examining neurocognitive interventions and mechanisms in the treatment of alcohol use disorders
- PhD opportunity
- Melbourne, Australia
- September 18, 2024
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This PhD scholarship is supported by two NHMRC funded studies and will fund a candidate to work as part of a multidisciplinary team in a program of research examining how cognitive biases vary across the spectrum of alcohol use disorder severity and how they are influenced by factors such as time of day, mood, and physical/social context. The candidate will receive training in, and use a range of psychophysiological, cognitive, behavioral, and psychological measurement techniques in both clinical trials and experimental laboratory-based studies. This program of research aims to both deepen our knowledge of the cognitive psychology of addiction at the theoretical level, and to broaden its practical application through improved CBM interventions that can be effective in a wider range of contexts, patients, and delivery platforms (including smartphone-apps).
The student will be supervised by Prof Victoria Manning at Turning Point and A/Prof Kristian Rotaru at Monash Business Behavioral Laboratory (MBBL). MBBL offers a platform to conduct multimodal experiments utilizing the latest technologies in eye tracking, skin conductance, electrocardiography (ECG), electroencephalography (EEG), transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), automated facial expression analysis, and virtual reality. The use of these technologies will provide the candidate with a unique opportunity to design and test novel interventions that will advance our understanding of cognitive biases and its modification. This PhD program would suit applicants from a psychology, neuroscience or related mental health background.