Research associate will broadly assist with the piloting, administration, and ongoing coding/analysis of comparative and developmental studies of cognition with dogs, lemurs, and children. Your main duties will include collecting data in psychological experiments with dogs and puppies at the Duke Canine Cognition Center or Canine Companions; supervising and managing dogs who are participating in research; coding research videos; organizing and maintaining lab materials; and helping build apparatuses used in research. Other duties will include participating in research related to comparative and developmental cognition with lemurs and human children and generally being prepared to help with anything.
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