Our annual summer school gives students an in-depth look at dynamic field theory over the course of an intense and fun week. The summer school covers everything from the basics of dynamic field theory up to our latest research projects. Students learn the theoretical background in informal lectures but the main emphasis of the summer school is hands-on work on exercises and individual projects. This gives students a lot of time to collaborate and discuss in small groups and under close supervision of our tutors.

The summer school is aimed at students at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level, postdocs and faculty members in the areas of embodied cognition, cognitive science, developmental science, cognitive neuroscience, developmental robotics, autonomous robotics, cognitive robotics, and anyone who wants to learn about dynamic field theory.

Some of the topics that the summer school covers include:

• Neural dynamics and basic attractor states
• Dynamic fields
• Introduction to COSIVINA and CEDAR
• Links to neurophysiology and embodiment
• Multi-dimensional fields and multi-layer dynamics
• Spatial transformations and objects in a scene
• Developmental dynamics and preferential looking
• Sequence learning and higher level cognition