Postdoctoral Researcher

About the company

The Department of Computational Cognitive Science at Tilburg University is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to work on the three-year VR-STRESS project. VR-STRESS is a cross-border research and innovation project aimed at developing an adaptive virtual reality system for medical training. The project investigates how (neuro)physiological, behavioral, and interaction data can be used to infer a user's cognitive and emotional state during training, and how these insights can be used to adapt the training environment in real time. A central component of the project is the development of an integrated system for measuring and interpreting user state during virtual-reality training. The system will combi...

Your tasks

Are you excited about studying how people respond to challenging situations in healthcare? Do you have a strong interest in experimental psychology, psychophysiology, sensing technologies, and advanced quantitative methods? Are you fascinated by fundamental questions about stress, cognitive load, attention, and emotion, but equally motivated to translate these questions into applied settings such as healthcare training? Then this postdoctoral position may be the one for you.

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Logo of EURAXESS Tilburg University via AcademicTransfer - JOB - Netherlands - Tilburg University via AcademicTransfer - Posted on: 17 October 2026 Postdoctoral Researcher in Experimental Psychology and Psychophysiology - 1.0 FTE

Page contents · 17 Oct 2026 · Tilburg University Research Field

• Psychological sciences » Cognitive science
• Psychological sciences » Psychology

Researcher Profile · Recognised Researcher (R2) · Application Deadline · 5 Nov 2026 - 22:59 (UTC) · Country · Netherlands · Type of Contract · Temporary · Job Status · Not Applicable Hours Per Week 40.0