Phd: Neural bases of disinformation in social networks: behavioral economics studies in social network and model-based fMRI (M/W)

KEY WORDS

brain, cognition, behaviour

CITY

Bron

COUNTRY

France

DETAILS OF THE OFFER

Working place: Institute of Cognitive Sciences Marc Jeannerod (CNRS) in Lyon

Missions:

This interdisciplinary thesis project lies at the border between social neuroscience, behavioral economics and social network modeling. Its main goals are:

• Conducting behavioral experiments in networks where each participant has access to private information that can be acquired personally and/or information obtained by observing others within the network ;
• Computational modeling based on a multi-agent system allowing to link the level of individual choice to the emergent behavior at the level of the social network studied in the previous step;
• Functional MRI study of the computations performed by brain systems to be identified during network interactions.

This thesis project will allow the behavioral study, the modeling of the observed behavior in networks, and the identification of the brain mechanisms engaged in social communication, as well as on the influence of a minority of a part of the members of the network to spread false information and the behavior of the majority of the network to protect itself against misinformation.

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TYPE OF JOB

PhD

TYPE OF CONTRACT

PhD Student contract (Temporary / 36 months)

REMUNERATION

2 135,00 € gross monthly

APPLICATION DEADLINE

8 JUN 2023

EMPLOYMENT START DATE

1 SEP 2023