[Eeglablist] Model-based Neuroscience Summer School

[Model-based Neuroscience Summer School]

Dear colleagues,

The tenth Model-Based Neuroscience and Cognition Summer School will be held
from July 29 to August 2, 2024, at the University of Amsterdam. The summer
school follows the annual meetings of the Society for Mathematical
Psychology and the Cognitive Science Society, both held in the Netherlands.

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 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.

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.

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 and the integration of evidence-accumulation
with reinforcement-learning principles.

*Application and registration*

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. The application deadline is May 15, 2024.

More information about the Summer School including lecturers, preliminary
program, and application can be found at https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://modelbasedneurosci.com/__;!!Mih3wA!BUaSuLLVg5oKEaS5NWB3uTIvlXP3_xzWUU0ktvS6S7Uw5RG23NaZmTsOU4XQOFilqPlcBT7zWvsC0WgbM8eUMX7HEySi2Nhu$ .

We look forward to welcoming you to Amsterdam!

*Organization*

Birte Forstmann (University of Amsterdam)

Dora Matzke (University of Amsterdam)

Andrew Heathcote (University of Amsterdam)

Michelle Donzallaz (University of Amsterdam)

Niek Stevenson (University of Amsterdam)