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<p style="margin:0cm"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear colleagues,</span><span lang="en-NL" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The eleventh Model-Based Neuroscience and Cognition Summer School will be held from August 4-8, 2025, at the University of Amsterdam. </span><span lang="en-NL" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Summer School will provide participants with hands-on experience in both cognitive modeling using evidence-accumulation models and cognitive neuroscience
methods. The summer school includes a three day introduction to evidence-accumulation modeling using Bayesian inference. In the last two days, participants can choose between a neuroscience and an advanced cognition track. In the neuroscience track, participants
will learn how to create joint models of behavior and EEG/fMRI data. In the advanced cognition track, participants will learn how to use the evidence-accumulation framework to formalize performance in complex experimental paradigms, how to construct joint
models of multiple tasks using techniques such as hierarchical factor models, and how to combine evidence-accumulation and reinforcement-learning models.</span><span lang="en-NL" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The program includes a series of lectures on model-based cognitive and neuroscience from experts, including Andrew Heathcote, Dora Matzke, Michael Nunez,
Steven Miletić, and Birte Forstmann.</span><span lang="en-NL" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The summer school is aimed at PhD-students and early postdocs who wish to acquire the basics of Bayesian evidence-accumulation modeling, and combine
that knowledge with 1) experimental and theoretical neuroscience research; or 2) advanced modeling techniques aimed at capturing performance in complex and dynamic paradigms, including the integration of evidence-accumulation with reinforcement-learning principles.</span><span lang="en-NL" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><b><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Application and registration</span></b><span lang="en-NL" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The registration fee for the Summer School is € 550. 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. 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.
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">More information about the Summer School including lecturers, preliminary program, and application can be found at
</span><span lang="en-NL" style="color:black"><a href="https://modelbasedneurosci.com/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#954F72">https://modelbasedneurosci.com/</span></a></span><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. </span><span lang="en-NL" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We look forward to welcoming you to Amsterdam!</span><span lang="en-NL" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><b><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Organization</span></b><span lang="en-NL" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Birte Forstmann (University of Amsterdam)</span><span lang="en-NL" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dora Matzke (University of Amsterdam)</span><span lang="en-NL" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Andrew Heathcote (University of Amsterdam)</span><span lang="en-NL" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Steven Miletić (University of Leiden)</span><span lang="en-NL" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Michael Nunez (University of Amsterdam)</span><span lang="en-NL" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Michelle Donzallaz (University of Amsterdam)</span><span lang="en-NL" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Niek Stevenson (University of Amsterdam)</span><span lang="en-NL" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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