Dr. Benjamin Peters

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Benjamin Peters

Dr. rer. nat., Dipl.-Psych.,  
Assistant professor

Institute of Medical Psychology (IMP)
Goethe-Universität
Heinrich-Hoffmann-Str. 10
Building 93A, Room A40
60528 Frankfurt am Main

Tel.: 069-6301 84735
Fax: 069-6301 7606

peters[@]med.uni-frankfurt.de

Curriculum Vitae

Since 2017 Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Medical Psychology, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Head: Prof. Jochen Kaiser.

2017 Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.). Thesis: “Attentional control of states in visuospatial working memory” (summa cum laude). 

2013 Research stay at MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (CBU), Cambridge, UK with Niko Kriegeskorte.





2011 PhD student at the Institute of Medical Psychology DFG-Project: "Neuronal correlates of focus updating in working memory" (Dr. Christoph Bledowski, Prof. Jochen Kaiser, PhD).

2005 - 2010 Studies of Psychology (Diploma) at the Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany and the Universitat de València, Spain Diplom thesis: "Adaption of the Bifactor-Model to the requirements of the analysis of complex structures using the example of the course evaluation questionnaire considering faculty differences and the impact of personal interest." (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Karl Schweizer).

Research Interests

Object-based attention in visual working memory

Sequential whole report in visual working memory

The time-course of space- and object-based attention (using steady-state visual evoked potentials)

Methods

For my research, I use fMRI, MEG, EEG, and behavioral methods in combination with cognitive modeling and multivariate analysis techniques.

Grants

2007 - 2010 Scholarship of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation)

Teaching

since 2015 “Neuronal basis of cognitive functions”, Preclinical Medical Studies, Goethe-University, Frankfurt

since 2015 “Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology”, Preclinical Medical Studies, Goethe-University, Frankfurt

since 2014 “Neuroimaging of human cognitive functions (EEG/MEG)”, Interdisciplinary Master of Neuroscience Program, Goethe-University, Frankfurt 2009 

2010 Seminar "Introduction to Statistics with R", Course Reader (German), Psychology Program, Goethe-University, Frankfurt 

2007 - 2008 Tutor for Statistics I for Psychologists, Psychology Program, Goethe-University, Frankfurt 

2008 Tutor for Statistics II for Psychologists, Psychology Program, Goethe-University, Frankfurt

Publications

Journal Articles

Peters, B., Rahm, B., Czoschke, S., Barnes, C., Kaiser, J., & Bledowski, C. (in press). Sequential whole report accesses different states in visual working memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.

Czoschke, S., Rahm, B., Peters, B., Kaiser, J., & Bledowski, C. Attraction versus repulsion effects in working memory tasks depend on the temporal relationships during encoding. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Kaiser J., Rieder M., Abel C., Peters B., & Bledowski C. (2017). Pre-encoding gamma-band activity during auditory working memory. Scientific Reports, 7, 42599. doi:10.1038/srep42599

Galeano Weber, E. M., Peters, B., Hahn, T., Bledowski C. & Fiebach, C. J. (2016). Superior intraparietal sulcus controls the variability of visual working memory precision. Journal of Neuroscience, 36, 5623-5635. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1596-15.2016

Peters, B., Bledowski, C., Rieder, M. & Kaiser, J. (2016). Recurrence of task set-related MEG signal patterns during auditory working memory. Brain Research, 1640, 232-242. doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2015.12.006

Peters, B., Kaiser, J., Rahm, B., & Bledowski, C. (2015). Activity in human visual and parietal cortex reveals object-based attention in working memory. Journal of Neuroscience, 35, 3360-3369. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3795-14.2015.


Conference presentations (only first and senior authorship)

Peters, B., Rahm, B., Kaiser, J., & Bledowski, C., (2017). A whole-report approach improves assessment of item precision in visual working memory. Talk to be presented at the 43th annual meeting “Psychologie & Gehirn”, Trier, Germany.

Fischer, C., Kaiser, J., Bledowski, C., & Peters, B. (2017). Space- and object-based attention are reflected by different components of the steady-state visual evoked potential. Poster to be presented at the 43th annual meeting “Psychologie & Gehirn”, Trier, Germany.

Peters, B., Rahm, B., Czoschke, S., Barnes, C., Kaiser, J., & Bledowski, C. (2017). Sequential whole-report reveals different states in visual working memory. Poster to be presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Vision Science Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach (Florida), USA

Peters, B., Kaiser, J., Rahm, B., & Bledowski, C. (2015). Multivariate activity in visual and parietal cortex encodes focused attention in working memory. Talk presented at the 41th annual meeting “Psychologie & Gehirn”, Frankfurt, Germany.

Peters, B., Rahm, B., Barnes, C., Kaiser, J., & Bledowski, C. (2015). A whole report procedure improves assessment of item precision in visual working memory. Poster presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), Chicago, USA.

Peters, B., Rahm, B., Kaiser, J., & Bledowski, C. (2014). Neural basis of object-based shifting of attention in working memory. Poster presented at the 3rd decennial International Conference on Working Memory, Cambridge, UK.

Peters, B., Alink, A., Mur, M., Kriegeskorte, N., & Henson, R. (2014). What do we gain by recording MEG and EEG simultaneously? A cross modal comparison of response pattern information. Poster presented at 8th annual meeting MEG UK, Nottingham, UK.

Peters, B., Rahm, B., Kaiser, J., & Bledowski, C. (2013). Neural basis of object-based shifting of attention in working memory. Poster presented at the 43th Annual Meeting of the Society of Neuroscience for Neuroscience (SfN), San Diego, USA.

Peters, B., Rahm, B., Kaiser, J., & Bledowski, C. (2013). Object-based attention in working memory. Talk given at the 39th annual meeting „Psychologie & Gehirn“, Würzburg, Germany.

Book chapters

Peters, B., Reiß, S., Tillmann, A., Schweizer, K. (2011). Untersuchungen zur psychometrischen Qualität des Frankfurter Lehrveranstaltungsfragebogens mit dem Bifaktorenmodell. In M. Krämer, S. Preiser & K. Brusdeylins (Hrsg.). Psychologiedidaktik und Evaluation VIII. Aachen: Shaker.

Reiß, S., Peters, B., & Moosbrugger, H. (2009). Brauchbarkeit webbasierter Self-Assessments am Beispiel des Online-Self-Assessment für den Studiengang Psychologie an der Universität Frankfurt. In M. Krämer, S. Preiser & K. Brusdeylins (Hrsg.). Psychologiedidaktik und Evaluation VII. Aachen: Shaker.

Peters, B., Reiß, S., & Schweizer, K. (2009). Institutionelles Wissen und Kenntnis über Studienabläufe bei Studienanfängern. In M. Krämer, S. Preiser & K. Brusdeylins (Hrsg.). Psychologiedidaktik und Evaluation VII. Aachen: Shaker.