Ines Jentzsch

Ines Jentzsch is a Professor and Deputy Head of the School of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of St Andrews. She holds a Diplom in Biophysics (1998) and a PhD in Psychology (2001) from Humboldt-University Berlin, alongside a LLCM in Piano Performance (2017). Her research focuses on cognitive control, attention, and performance in humans, particularly in expert populations like musicians, and their implications for aging and psychological illness. She combines behavioral and electrophysiological methods to study action planning, performance monitoring, and Theory of Mind.

• Academic/Professional Qualifications:
  • 1998: Diplom-Biophysikerin (MSc equivalent), Humboldt-University Berlin
  • 2001: Dr. rer. nat. (PhD), Psychology, Humboldt-University Berlin
  • 2017: LLCM in Piano Performance
• Research Interests:
  • Cognitive control
  • Effects of event history and expectancy in decision making
  • Planning and control of voluntary movements
  • Emotion processing
  • Psychology of Music

Research Contributions: Her work examines expertise effects (e.g., musicians), cross-cultural differences in Theory of Mind, and neural mechanisms of déjà vu. Notable projects include investigating post-error adjustments and the role of attention in musical performance.

Awards:

• FRSA (Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, 2014)

Grants & Projects:

• Improving performance under pressure (2020–2021)
• Biomedical Vacation Scholarship (2012)
• Cognitive Interference and Control (2006–2008)

Labs/Teams: Active in interdisciplinary research within the School of Psychology and Neuroscience, collaborating on projects involving EEG, behavioral experiments, and cross-cultural studies.