Michael D Nunez
I build computer models (computer simulations based on math) to help us understand how our brains work and why we behave the way we do. For example, I study decision-making by analyzing data from experiments where people play simple games while wearing sensors that record their brain activity. I use modern statistical methods to compare computer models to real data and work on improving these techniques.
I work as an Assistant Professor in the Psychological Methods group at the University of Amsterdam in The Netherlands. I lead the Mathematical Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, and I am a member of the Amsterdam Mathematical Psychology Laboratory. I teach bachelor, master's, and PhD courses on statistics, programming, and model-based cognitive neuroscience. I am also a loving husband & father, and an enthusiastic rock climber.
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