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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">The twelfth Model-Based Neuroscience and Cognition Summer School will be held from August 10-14, 2026, at the University of Amsterdam. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">The Summer School will provide participants with hands-on experience in state-of-the-art cognitive modeling techniques. Participants will also learn how to integrate these methods
with experimental and theoretical neuroscience research. The program further covers advanced modeling techniques for capturing behavior in complex and dynamic paradigms.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">In the first days, participants are introduced to evidence-accumulation models (EAMs) and stop-signal models using Bayesian (hierarchical) estimation. Building on this foundation,
we will guide participants through advanced techniques, including:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">1. Combining reinforcement learning and trend models with EAMs</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">2. Creating brain-behavior joint models of EEG/fMRI and EAMs</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">3. Combining psychometric models, such as structural equation models, with EAMs</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">4. Bayesian simulation-based neural posterior estimation using BayesFlow</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">The Summer School is open to applicants at the PhD level or above, who wish to learn the fundamentals of Bayesian cognitive modeling,
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">extend these foundations to more advanced techniques, and explore how to combine these approaches with neuroscience.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">The program includes a series of lectures and hands-on tutorial from experts, including Andrew Heathcote, Dora Matzke, Birte Forstmann, Stefan Radev, Steven Miletiæ, Michael Nunez,
Udo Böhm, Sarah Kemp, and Niek Stevenson.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><b>Application and registration</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">The registration fee for the Summer School is € 600. 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. Applications sent before May 15 will be considered before May 31. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">More information about the Summer School including lecturers, preliminary program, and application can be found at
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><a href="https://modelbasedneurosci.com/" data-outlook-id="4ce9db79-0a01-42d7-8064-e998aad2871e" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://modelbasedneurosci.com/</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">We look forward to welcoming you to Amsterdam!</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 16.866667px;">Andrew Heathcote (University of Amsterdam, NL)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 16.866667px;">Dora Matzke (University of Amsterdam, NL)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 16.866667px;">Birte Forstmann (University of Amsterdam, NL)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 16.866667px;">Stefan Radev (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 16.866667px;">Steven Miletiæ (Leiden University, NL)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 16.866667px;">Michael Nunez (University of Amsterdam, NL)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 16.866667px;">Udo Böhm (University of Tilburg, NL)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 16.866667px;">Sarah Kemp (University of Tasmania, AU)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 16.866667px;">Niek Stevenson (University of Amsterdam, NL)</span></p>
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