Keenbean, thank you so much for you advice! Really, it's put my mind at rest as I was worried about the door to neuroimaging being slammed shut in my face. Good luck with your post doc search!

Just like to add that I meant to say that although my masters was in neuroimaging, my masters' thesis was more psych oriented - I realised that I said something contradictory in my second post!

Hi Keenbean, I'm doing a Psychology PhD at the moment but my masters was in neuroimaging. As my masters was more psych oriented, I haven't had much practical experience with imaging techniques, but I'm curious about whether that is a huge barrier to entry if I wanted to do a post doc in a cog neuro lab. I realize that there are so many factors involved, so perhaps it's a silly question! I suppose the main thing would be whether I could fill a niche that for them. Would training in neuroimaging techniques for that be provided or do you think that would be quite rare? I'm not completely sure about whether a postdoc candidate is expected to hit the ground running!

Is it possible to switch to a different area when doing a post-doc? Does anyone have any experience of this?