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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Dear colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">July 24 – 28 2023 will see the eighth Model-Based Neuroscience Summer School, hosted at the University of Amsterdam. The summer school is held the week after the international MathPsych conference
(</span><a href="https://mathpsych.org/conference/12/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">https://mathpsych.org/conference/12/</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">), also hosted in Amsterdam!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">The Summer School will provide participants with hands-on experience in both cognitive modeling using evidence-accumulation models and cognitive neuroscience methods. This year, the summer school
includes an introduction to evidence accumulation models, combining evidence-accumulation models with reinforcement-learning models and joint-modelling of behavioral and neural data. The program is sponsored by the Netherlands Organization of Scientific Research
(NWO) and includes a series of lectures on model-based decision neuroscience from experts including Andrew Heathcote, Dora Matzke, Brandon Turner, Michael Nunez, Steven Miletić, Birte Forstmann and other keynote speakers to be determined!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">The summer school is aimed at PhD students and early postdocs who wish to combine cognitive modeling with experimental and theoretical neuroscience research. Participants should be familiar with
general programming concepts and state in their statement of interest which programming languages and software packages they typically use. Familiarity with R is particularly recommended.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Application and registration:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">The registration fee for the Summer School is € 450. Participants should make their own housing arrangements. Space is limited, therefore we ask participants to provide a statement of interest.
We will select participants based on the relevance of the Summer School to their research. The application deadline is May 15, 2023.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">More information about the Summer School including lecturers, preliminary program, and application can be found at
</span><a href="https://modelbasedneurosci.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">https://modelbasedneurosci.com/</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">We look forward to welcoming you to Amsterdam!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Organization</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Birte Forstmann (University of Amsterdam)<br>
Dora Matzke (University of Amsterdam)<br>
Andrew Heathcote (University of Amsterdam)<br>
Niek Stevenson (University of Amsterdam)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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