WORK STUDY: Lab Technician, Psychology

  • Location: Cape Breton University-Remote
  • Deadline: February 4, 2021 at 4:00 pm

Job Description

To help with the creation of laboratory exercises for various psychology courses/labs. Many of the exercises require computer programming to set up.

Qualifications

At minimum, a course in computer programming; The willingness to learn more about programming; Comfortable with working with equipment (e.g. computers, physiological sensors); Organized and efficient worker.

Duties/Responsibilities

Work with various professors in the Psychology Dept. Projects include:

a.  using Python to synchronize eye-tracking measures with heart rate measures.

b. computer programming of experiments for class demonstrations that involve showing timed images and words on the screen that require a response via key press and record accuracy and reaction time.

Learning Outcomes

Primarily, how to put your programming skills to good use. How to build applications.

How to Apply

Email cover letter and resume to:  Geoff_Carre@cbu.ca