Dr. Benjamin Jainta

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Dr. Benjamin Jainta

bjainta@uni-muenster.de +49 (0) 251 / 83 34192

University of Münster

I am a psychologist interested in the influence of neural mechanisms on human behavior. My Bachelor and Master theses focused on the relation between lateralized brain activation and behavioral approach and withdrawal tendencies. In order to gain a deeper understanding of how our brain shapes our behavior and vice versa, I joined the FOR2812. During my doctoral studies, I am investigating the conditions which render our episodic memories leading to a more or less stable memory trace.

Academic Interests:

episodic memory
action observation
fMRI, EEG

(Picture copy right: ©RUB, Marquard)

since 2019

Researcher and doctoral student, University of Münster, Biological Psychology Group (Prof. Dr. Ricarda I. Schubotz)
2017 – 2019

MSc Psychology, University of Würzburg
Master thesis: "The influence of transcranial ultrasound on frontal brain activation in a virtual reality."
2017-2018

Research assistant at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Würzburg
2016

BSc Psychology, University of Warsaw
2013-2015

Research assistant at the Department of Social Psychology, University of Würzburg
2012 – 2017

BSc Psychology, University of Würzburg
Bachelor thesis: "Frontal asymmetry and startle reflex in women with arachnophobia"

2024

Same Same, But Different: Brain Areas Underlying the Learning from Repetitive Episodic Prediction Errors
Jainta, B., Zahedi, A., & Schubotz, R. I.
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 36(9), 1847–1863

@article{JaintaZahediSchubotz2024, author = {Jainta, Benjamin and Zahedi, Anoushiravan and Schubotz, Ricarda I.}, title = {Same Same, But Different: Brain Areas Underlying the Learning from Repetitive Episodic Prediction Errors}, journal = {Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience}, volume = {36}, number = {9}, pages = {1847–1863}, month = {September}, year = {2024}, doi = {10.1162/jocn_a_02204}, }

Jainta, B., Zahedi, A., & Schubotz, R. I.. (2024). Same Same, But Different: Brain Areas Underlying the Learning from Repetitive Episodic Prediction Errors. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 36(9), 1847–1863. http://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_02204

2023

Solidity Meets Surprise: Cerebral and Behavioral Effects of Learning from Episodic Prediction Errors
Siestrup, S., Jainta, B., Cheng, S., & Schubotz, R. I.
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 35(2), 291–313

link

@article{SiestrupJaintaChengEtAl2023, author = {Siestrup, Sophie and Jainta, Benjamin and Cheng, Sen and Schubotz, Ricarda I.}, title = {Solidity Meets Surprise: Cerebral and Behavioral Effects of Learning from Episodic Prediction Errors}, journal = {Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience}, volume = {35}, number = {2}, pages = {291–313}, month = {February}, year = {2023}, doi = {10.1162/jocn_a_01948}, }

Siestrup, S., Jainta, B., Cheng, S., & Schubotz, R. I.. (2023). Solidity Meets Surprise: Cerebral and Behavioral Effects of Learning from Episodic Prediction Errors. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 35(2), 291–313. http://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01948

2022

What Happened When? Cerebral Processing of Modified Structure and Content in Episodic Cueing
Siestrup, S., Jainta, B., El-Sourani, N., Trempler, I., Wurm, M. F., Wolf, O. T., et al.
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 34(7), 1287–1305

@article{SiestrupJaintaEl-SouraniEtAl2022, author = {Siestrup, Sophie and Jainta, Benjamin and El-Sourani, Nadiya and Trempler, Ima and Wurm, Moritz F. and Wolf, Oliver T. and Cheng, Sen and Schubotz, Ricarda I.}, title = {What Happened When? Cerebral Processing of Modified Structure and Content in Episodic Cueing}, journal = {Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience}, volume = {34}, number = {7}, pages = {1287–1305}, month = {July }, year = {2022}, doi = {10.1162/jocn_a_01862}, }

Siestrup, S., Jainta, B., El-Sourani, N., Trempler, I., Wurm, M. F., Wolf, O. T., et al. (2022). What Happened When? Cerebral Processing of Modified Structure and Content in Episodic Cueing. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 34(7), 1287–1305. http://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01862
Seeing What I Did (Not): Cerebral and Behavioral Effects of Agency and Perspective on Episodic Memory Re-activation
Jainta, B., Siestrup, S., El-Sourani, N., Trempler, I., Wurm, M. F., Werning, M., et al.
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 15

@article{JaintaSiestrupEl-SouraniEtAl2022, author = {Jainta, Benjamin and Siestrup, Sophie and El-Sourani, Nadiya and Trempler, Ima and Wurm, Moritz F. and Werning, Markus and Cheng, Sen and Schubotz, Ricarda I.}, title = {Seeing What I Did (Not): Cerebral and Behavioral Effects of Agency and Perspective on Episodic Memory Re-activation}, journal = {Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience}, volume = {15}, month = {January}, year = {2022}, doi = {10.3389/fnbeh.2021.793115}, }

Jainta, B., Siestrup, S., El-Sourani, N., Trempler, I., Wurm, M. F., Werning, M., et al. (2022). Seeing What I Did (Not): Cerebral and Behavioral Effects of Agency and Perspective on Episodic Memory Re-activation. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 15. http://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2021.793115

About the research unit

The research unit FOR 2812 "Constructing scenarios of the past: A new framework in episodic memory" is a project funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG). The research unit studies the cognitive and neuronal mechanisms underlying scenario construction in episodic memory. We employ and integrate approaches from Philosophy, Psychology, and Experimental and Computational Neuroscience.

Contact

Universitätsstr. 150,
44801 Bochum, Germany

Tel: +49 (0)234 32 27996
Fax: +49 (0)234 32 14210