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Dr. D. (Dora) Matzke

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group Psychological Methods

Visiting address
  • Nieuwe Achtergracht 129
  • Room number: 0.32
Postal address
  • Postbus 15906
    1001 NK Amsterdam
Contact details
  • Profile

    I am associate professor at the Psychological Methods Unit of the University of Amsterdam. I received my PhD in Mathematical Psychology in 2014 at the University of Amsterdam. My work focuses on the development of complex cognitive models using mathematical and computational methods. My models enable researchers to disentangle the cognitive processes that underlie human decision making in general, and the ability to stop inappropriate responses in particular. My research attests to my conviction that the best—if not only—way forward for cognitive psychology is through the development and application of formal mathematical models that enable the precise measurement of psychological constructs and the rigorous empirical evaluation of theories.

    Key Publications

    • Matzke, D., Verbruggen, F., Logan, G. (in press). The stop-signal paradigm. Stevens' Handbook of Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Fourth Edition, Volume Five: Methodology. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
    • Matzke, D., Love, J., & Heathcote, A. (2017). A Bayesian approach for estimating the probability of trigger failures in the stop-signal paradigm. Behavior Research Methods, 49, 267-281. doi:10.3758/s13428-015-0695-8.
    • Vandekerckhove, J., Matzke, D., & Wagenmakers, E.-J. (2015). Model comparison and the principle of parsimony. In J. Busemeyer, J. Townsend, Z. J. Wang, & A. Eidels (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Computational and Mathematical Psychology, pp. 300-319. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
    • Matzke, D., Dolan, C.V, Batchelder, W.H., & Wagenmakers, E.-J. (2015). Bayesian estimation of multinomial processing tree models with heterogeneity in participants and items. Psychometrika, 80, 205-235.
    • Matzke, D., Dolan, C.V, Logan, G.D., Brown, S.D., & Wagenmakers, E.-J. (2013). Bayesian parametric estimation of stop-signal reaction time distributions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 142, 1047-1073.
    • Matzke, D., & Wagenmakers, E.-J. (2009). Psychological interpretation of the ex-Gaussian and shifted Wald parameters: A diffusion model analysis. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 16, 798-817.

    Website

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  • Publications

    2023

    2022

    2021

    2020

    2019

    2018

    • Beek, T. F., Matzke, D., Pinto, Y., Rotteveel, M., Gierholz, A., Verhagen, J., Selker, R., Sasiadek, A., Steingroever, H., Jostmann, N. B., & Wagenmakers, E-J. (2018). Incidental Haptic Sensations May Not Influence Social Judgments: A Purely Confirmatory Replication Attempt of Study 1 by Ackerman, Nocera, and Bargh (2010). Journal of Articles in Support of the Null Hypothesis, 14(2), 69-90. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=132351143&site=ehost-live&scope=site [details]
    • Boehm, U., Annis, J., Frank, M. J., Hawkins, G. E., Heathcote, A., Kellen, D., Krypotos, A-M., Lerche, V., Logan, G. D., Palmeri, T. J., van Ravenzwaaij, D., Servant, M., Singmann, H., Starns, J. J., Voss, A., Wiecki, T. V., Matzke, D., & Wagenmakers, E-J. (2018). Estimating across-trial variability parameters of the Diffusion Decision Model: Expert advice and recommendations. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 87, 46-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmp.2018.09.004 [details]
    • Boehm, U., Marsman, M., Matzke, D., & Wagenmakers, E-J. (2018). On the importance of avoiding shortcuts in applying cognitive models to hierarchical data. Behavior Research Methods, 50(4), 1614-1631. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-018-1054-3 [details]
    • Derks, K., Burger, J., van Doorn, J., Kossakowski, J. J., Matzke, D., Atticciati, L., Beitner, J., Benzesin, V., de Bruijn, A. L., Cohen, T. R. H., Cordesius, E. P. A., van Dekken, M., Delvendahl, N., Dobbelaar, S., Groenendijk, E. R., Hermans, M. E., Hiekkaranta, A. P., Hoekstra, R. H. A., Hoffmann, A. M., ... Wagenmakers, E-J. (2018). Network Models to Organize a Dispersed Literature: The Case of Misunderstanding Analysis of Covariance. Journal of European Psychology Students, 9, 48-57. https://doi.org/10.5334/jeps.458 [details]
    • Matzke, D., Boehm, U., & Vanderkerckhove, J. (2018). Bayesian inference for psychology. Part III: Parameter estimation in nonstandard models. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 25(1), 77-101. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-017-1394-5 [details]
    • Matzke, D., Verbruggen, F., & Logan, G. D. (2018). The stop-signal paradigm. In J. T. Wixted, & E-J. Wagenmakers (Eds.), Stevens' Handbook of Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. - Volume 5: Methodology (4 ed., pp. 383-428). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119170174.epcn510 [details]
    • Sebastian, A., Forstmann, B. U., & Matzke, D. (2018). Towards a model-based cognitive neuroscience of stopping – a neuroimaging perspective. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 90, 130-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.04.011 [details]
    • Wagenmakers, E-J., Love, J., Marsman, M., Jamil, T., Ly, A., Verhagen, J., Selker, R., Gronau, Q. F., Dropmann, D., Boutin, B., Meerhoff, F., Knight, P., Raj, A., van Kesteren, E-J., van Doorn, J., Šmíra, M., Epskamp, S., Etz, A., Matzke, D., ... Morey, R. D. (2018). Bayesian inference for psychology. Part II: Example applications with JASP. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 25(1), 58-76. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-017-1323-7 [details]
    • Wagenmakers, E-J., Marsman, M., Jamil, T., Ly, A., Verhagen, J., Love, J., Selker, R., Gronau, Q. F., Šmíra, M., Epskamp, S., Matzke, D., Rouder, J. N., & Morey, R. D. (2018). Bayesian inference for psychology. Part I: Theoretical advantages and practical ramifications. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 25(1), 35-57. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-017-1343-3 [details]

    2017

    2016

    • Cramer, A. O. J., van Ravenzwaaij, D., Matzke, D., Steingroever, H., Wetzels, R., Grasman, R. P. P. P., Waldorp, L. J., & Wagenmakers, E-J. (2016). Hidden multiplicity in exploratory multiway ANOVA: Prevalence and remedies. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 23(2), 640-647. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-015-0913-5 [details]

    2015

    2014

    • de Groot, A. D., Wagenmakers, E-J., Borsboom, D., Verhagen, J., Kievit, R., Bakker, M., Cramer, A., Matzke, D., Mellenbergh, D., & van der Maas, H. L. J. (2014). The meaning of "significance" for different types of research. Acta Psychologica, 148, 188-194. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2014.02.001 [details]

    2013

    • Matzke, D., Dolan, C. V., Logan, G. D., Brown, S. D., & Wagenmakers, E-J. (2013). Bayesian parametric estimation of stop-signal reaction time distributions. Journal of Experimental Psychology. General, 142(4), 1047-1073. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030543 [details]
    • Matzke, D., Love, J., Wiecki, T. V., Brown, S. D., Logan, G. D., & Wagenmakers, E-J. (2013). Release the BEESTS: Bayesian Estimation of Ex-Gaussian STop-Signal reaction time distributions. Frontiers in Psychology, 4, Article 918. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00918 [details]

    2011

    • Wetzels, R., Matzke, D., Lee, M. D., Rouder, J. N., Iverson, G. J., & Wagenmakers, E-J. (2011). Statistical evidence in experimental psychology: an empirical comparison using 855 t tests. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 6(3), 291-298. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691611406923 [details]

    2010

    2009

    • Matzke, D., & Wagenmakers, E-J. (2009). Psychological interpretation of the ex-Gaussian and shifted Wald parameters: a diffusion model analysis. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 16(5), 798-817. https://doi.org/10.3758/PBR.16.5.798 [details]

    2023

    • van Doorn, J., Haaf, J. M., Stefan, A. M., Wagenmakers, E.-J., Cox, G. E., Davis-Stober, C. P., Heathcote, A., Heck, D. W., Kalish, M., Kellen, D., Matzke, D., Morey, R. D., Nicenboim, B., van Ravenzwaaij, D., Rouder, J. N., Schad, D. J., Shiffrin, R. M., Singmann, H., Vasishth, S., ... Aust, F. (2023). Bayes Factors for Mixed Models: a Discussion. Computational Brain and Behavior, 6(1), 140–158. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42113-022-00160-3 [details]

    2021

    • Boehm, U., Matzke, D., Gretton, M., Castro, S., Cooper, J., Skinner, M., Strayer, D., & Heathcote, A. (2021). Correction to: Real-time prediction of short-timescale fluctuations in cognitive workload. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 6, Article 62. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-021-00328-8
    • Shiffrin, R. M., Matzke, D., Crystal, J. D., Wagenmakers, E-J., Chandramouli, S. H., Vandekerckhove, J., Zorzi, M., Morey, R. D., & Murphy, M. C. (2021). Extraordinary claims, extraordinary evidence? A discussion. Learning and Behavior, 49(3), 265-275. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-021-00474-5 [details]

    2020

    2019

    • Gronau, Q. F., Wagenmakers, E. J., Heck, D. W., & Matzke, D. (2019). Erratum to: A Simple Method for Comparing Complex Models: Bayesian Model Comparison for Hierarchical Multinomial Processing Tree Models Using Warp-III Bridge Sampling. Psychometrika, 84(4), 1047. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11336-019-09681-6

    2018

    • Ly, A., Böhm, U., Heathcote, A., Turner, B. M., Forstmann, B., Marsman, M., & Matzke, D. (2018). A flexible and efficient hierarchical Bayesian approach to the exploration of individual differences in cognitive-model-based neuroscience. In A. A. Moustafa (Ed.), Computational Models of Brain and Behavior (pp. 467-480). Wiley Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119159193.ch34 [details]

    2013

    • Bakker, M., Cramer, A. O. J., Matzke, D., Kievit, R. A., van der Maas, H. L. J., Wagenmakers, E-J., & Borsboom, D. (2013). Dwelling on the past. European Journal of Personality, 27(2), 120-144. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.1920 [details]

    Prize / grant

    • Matzke, D., Heathcote, A., Blanken, T. & Tanis, C. (2021). Small-Scale Initiatives in Software Performance Optimization.
    • Matzke, D. (2020). Personal Innovational Research Incentives Scheme “Vidi” grant. Project title: Stopping in the real world: A cognitive-psychometric approach to the measurement of response inhibition..
    • Matzke, D. (2019). William K. Estes Early Career Award.
    • Matzke, D. (2016). Early Career Award from the Society for Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Science (Division 3 of the American Psych ological Association).
    • Matzke, D. (2015). Leamer-Rosenthal Prize for Open Social Science..
    • Matzke, D. (2015). Association for Psychological Science (APS) Rising Star.
    • Matzke, D. (2015). Association for Psychological Science (APS) Rising Star 2015.
    • Matzke, D. (2015). VENI grant: Bayesiaanse aanpak voor cognitieve procesmodellen van responsinhibitie..

    Membership / relevant position

    • Matzke, D. (2018-2022). Lid van De Jonge Akademie van de KNAW, De Jonge Akademie.

    Talk / presentation

    • Matzke, D. (invited speaker) (3-11-2022). Flexible cognitive architectures for response inhibition, School of Psychology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia..
    • Matzke, D. (invited speaker) (17-11-2021). Flexible cognitive architectures for response inhibition., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA.
    • Matzke, D. (invited speaker) (18-9-2021). Dynamic models of choice: Bayesian estimation and model comparison for evidence-accumulation architectures., 15th Conference of the Section “Methods and Evaluation” (FGME) in the German Psychological Society (DGPs).
    • Matzke, D. (keynote speaker) (17-9-2021). Race models of stopping: From simple descriptive to complex cognitive process models., 15th Conference of the Section “Methods and Evaluation” (FGME) in the German Psychological Society (DGPs).
    • Matzke, D. (keynote speaker) (7-9-2021). Flexible cognitive architectures for response inhibition., Summer School on Statistical Methods for Linguistics and Psychology.
    • Matzke, D. (speaker) (18-7-2021). Cognitive architectures for stopping, Annual Summer Interdisciplinary Conference.
    • Matzke, D. (keynote speaker) (1-7-2021). Cognitive architectures for stopping: From simple descriptive to cognitive process models of response inhibition., Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology.
    • Matzke, D. (speaker) (16-11-2019). A model-based analysis of response slowing in the stop-signal paradigm, Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society.
    • Matzke, D. (invited speaker) (20-7-2019). Bayesian model selection and model averaging for multinomial processing trees, Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology.
    • Matzke, D. (invited speaker) (14-5-2019). Inhibiting responses to difficult choices: From simple descriptive to cognitive process models of the stop-signal paradigm., University of Western Australia.
    • Matzke, D. (speaker) (27-4-2019). Inhibiting responses to difficult choices, Experimental Psychology Conference.
    • Matzke, D. (invited speaker) (2019). Inhibiting difficult choices: From simple descriptive to cognitive process models of the stop-signal paradigm, Ghent University.
    • Matzke, D. (speaker) (17-11-2018). Disappearing dissociations in experimental psychology, Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society.
    • Matzke, D. (invited speaker) & Heathcote, A. (invited speaker) (15-5-2018). Dynamic Models of Choice (DMC) workshop, Heidelberg University.
    • Matzke, D. (speaker), Stephens, R. (speaker) & Hayes, B. (speaker) (15-11-2017). Disappearing dissociations in experimental psychology, Psychonomics.
    • Matzke, D. (invited speaker) (28-5-2016). A Bayesian approach for quantifying the contribution of trigger failures to response inhibition performance: Evidence for triggering deficiencies in schizophrenia., 28th APS Annual Convention, Chicago, USA.

    Others

    • Forstmann, B. (organiser), Matzke, D. (organiser), Heathcote, A. (organiser), Innes, R. (organiser) & Stevenson, N. (organiser) (1-8-2022 - 5-8-2022). Model-based Neuroscience Summer School (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Matzke, D. (organiser) (8-7-2021). Women of Math Psych Professional Development Symposium at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • van Doorn, J. (organiser), Wagenmakers, E.-J. (organiser), Matzke, D. (organiser), Ly, A. (organiser) & Sarafoglou, A. (organiser) (26-8-2019 - 30-8-2019). Ninth Annual JAGS and WinBUGS Workshop: Bayesian Modeling for Cognitive Science (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Forstmann, B. (organiser), Matzke, D. (organiser), Heathcote, A. (organiser), Miletić, S. (organiser) & Bazin, P.-L. (organiser) (5-8-2019 - 14-8-2019). Model-based Neuroscience Summer School and Brainhack (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Matzke, D. (organiser), Trueblood, J. (organiser), Blaha, L. (organiser) & Fox, E. (organiser) (19-7-2019). Women of Math Psych Professional Development Symposium at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Matzke, D. (organiser), Wagenmakers, E.-J. (organiser) & Tuerlinckx, F. (organiser) (25-3-2019 - 29-3-2019). Erasmus Seminar on Mathematical Psychology: “Formal Models and Quantitative Methods for Psychology” (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Matzke, D. (other) (2019 - 2025). Elected member of the Executive Board of the Society for Mathematical Psychology (other).
    • Matzke, D. (other) (2019 - 2025). Elected Fellow of the Psychonomic Society (other).
    • van Doorn, J. B. (organiser), Gronau, Q. F. (organiser), Etz, A. (organiser), Matzke, D. (organiser), Ly, A. (organiser) & Morey, R. D. (organiser) (27-8-2018 - 28-8-2018). Theory and Practice of Bayesian Hypothesis Testing, Amsterdam. Together with Johnny van Doorn, Quentin Gronau, Alexander Ly, and Richard Morey, part of the organizing committee for the fourth annual two–day JASP (…) (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Wagenmakers, E. M. (organiser), Matzke, D. (organiser), Lee, M. (organiser), Ly, A. (organiser), van Doorn, J. B. (organiser) & Gronau, Q. F. (organiser) (20-8-2018 - 24-8-2018). Eight Annual JAGS and WinBUGS Workshop: Bayesian Modeling for Cognitive Science (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Forstmann, B. U. (organiser), Matzke, D. (organiser), van Maanen, L. (organiser) & Heathcote, A. (organiser) (30-7-2018 - 3-8-2018). Model-based Neuroscience Summer School (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Matzke, D. (organiser), Trueblood, J. (organiser), Blaha, L. (organiser), van Vugt, M. (organiser) & Hemmer, P. (organiser) (21-7-2018). Women of Math Psych Professional Development Symposium at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Matzke, D. (other) (2018 - 2025). Member of the board of the Women of Mathematical Psychology of the Society for Mathematical Psychology (other).
    • Wagenmakers, E. M. (organiser), Gronau, Q. F. (organiser), Ly, A. (organiser), van Doorn, J. B. (organiser) & Matzke, D. (organiser) (28-8-2017 - 29-8-2017). Theory and Practice of Bayesian Hypothesis Testing: A JASP Workshop (organising a conference, workshop, ...). http://(https://jasp- stats.org/upcoming-events/jasp-workshop/
    • Wagenmakers, E. M. (organiser), Ly, A. (organiser), Gronau, Q. F. (organiser), van Doorn, J. B. (organiser), Matzke, D. (organiser) & Lee, M. (organiser) (21-8-2017 - 25-8-2017). Seventh Annual JAGS and WinBUGS Workshop: Bayesian Modeling for Cognitive Science (organising a conference, workshop, ...). http://bayescourse.socsci.uva.nl/index.php?src=hom e
    • Forstmann, B. U. (organiser), Matzke, D. (organiser), Heathcote, A. (organiser), Hawkins, G. E. (organiser), van Maanen, L. (organiser) & de Hollander, G. (organiser) (31-7-2017 - 4-8-2017). Model-based Neuroscience Summer School (organising a conference, workshop, ...). http://(http://www.modelbasedneuroscience.c om/index.html
    • Jonas, K. J. (organiser) & Matzke, D. (organiser) (2016). Pre-Registration as a Research and Publication Method (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Heathcote, A. (organiser), Brown, S. (organiser), Matzke, D. (organiser), Turner, B. (organiser), Hawkins, G. E. (organiser) & Bushmakin, M. (organiser) (2016). Bayesian Estimation of Evidence Accumulation Architectures in Neuroscience and Cognition, Boston (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Wagenmakers, E. M. (organiser), Matzke, D. (organiser), Selker, R. (organiser), van Doorn, J. B. (organiser) & Ly, A. (organiser) (2016). Theory and Practice of Bayesian Hypothesis Testing: A JASP Workshop (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Wagenmakers, E. M. (organiser), Matzke, D. (organiser), Selker, R. (organiser), van Doorn, J. B. (organiser), Steingröver, H. M. (organiser), Lee, M. (organiser) & Ly, A. (organiser) (2016). Sixth Annual JAGS and WinBUGS Workshop: Bayesian Modeling for Cognitive Science (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Wagenmakers, E.-J. (organiser), Tuerlinckx, F. (organiser) & Matzke, D. (organiser) (22-3-2015 - 28-3-2015). Erasmus-IP Seminar on Mathematical Psychology, Debrecen. Formal Models and Quantitative Methods for Psychology. (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Wagenmakers, E.-J. (organiser), Matzke, D. (organiser) & Ly, A. (organiser) (2015). First Annual JASP Workhop: A Fresh Way to do Bayesian Statistics., Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Wagenmakers, E.-J. (organiser), Lee, M. D. (organiser), Ly, A. (organiser) & Matzke, D. (organiser) (2015). Fifth Annual WinBUGS Workshop: Bayesian Modeling for Cognitive Science., Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Wagenmakers, E.-J. (organiser), Lee, M. D. (organiser), Ly, A. (organiser), Matzke, D. (organiser), Steingroever, H. (organiser) & Verhagen, A. J. (organiser) (11-8-2014 - 15-8-2014). Fourth Annual WinBUGS Workshop: Bayesian Modeling for Cognitive Science., Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Wagenmakers, E.-J. (organiser), Matzke, D. (organiser), Steingröver, H. M. (organiser) & Ly, A. (organiser) (12-8-2013 - 16-8-2013). WinBUGS Workshop: Bayesian Modeling for Cognitive Science., Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Wagenmakers, E.-J. (organiser), Matzke, D. (organiser), Steingröver, H. M. (organiser) & Lee, M. (organiser) (2-7-2012 - 6-7-2012). Organisation of the workshop "Bayesian Modeling for Cognitive Science"., Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Wagenmakers, E. M. (organiser), Wetzels, R. M. (organiser), Matzke, D. (organiser) & Lee, M. (organiser) (22-8-2011). Bayesian Modeling for Cognitive Science (organising a conference, workshop, ...).

    2021

    • Gronau, Q. F. (2021). Bayes factor model comparison for psychological science. [Thesis, fully internal, Universiteit van Amsterdam]. [details]

    2023

    • Isherwood, S., Bazin, P., Miletić, S., Stevenson, N., Trutti, A., H. Y. Tse, D., Heathcote, A., Matzke, D., Habli, S., Sokołowski, D. R., Alkemade, A., Håberg, A., Forstmann, B. & Innes, R. (8-6-2023). Investigating Intra-Individual Networks of Response Inhibition and Interference Resolution using 7T MRI data. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.22240393.v1
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