PD Dr. phil. Gerhard Rinkenauer

Academic background

• since 2005 head of the research group "Modern Human-Machine Systems", IfADo
• 2004 habilitation, venia legendi for psychology, University of Tübingen
• 1999-2005 research associate (Principal Investigator), Cognitive and Biological Psychology, University of Tübingen
• 1999 Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Wuppertal
• 1993-1999 research associate, Cognitive Psychology, Universities of Konstanz und Wuppertal
• 1990-1993 M.S. in Information Science, University of Konstanz
• 1985-1990 Research and Development Engineer, Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques, Freiburg
• 1985 B.S. in Physics, Applied University of Weingarten-Ravensburg

Research interests

• applied cognitive psychology
• perception and action control in 3D space
• psychophysiological correlates of preparatory processes
• influence of motivation on information processing
• mathematical modeling of information processing

Current research

• research group "Modern Human-Machine Systems"

Teaching

• Seminar “Design of human-machine systems” (summer term 2008)
• Lecture "Introduction to General Psychology II" (winter term 2008/2009)

Selected publications

• Donk, V., Grosjean, M., & Rinkenauer, G. (2011). Effect of feedback on performance in the lane change test (in press).
• Rinkenauer, G. & Hofmann, P. (2011). A simple model to detect age-related individual differences in steering movements. In: D. de Waard, N. Gérard, L. Onnasch, R. Wiczorek, and D. Manzey (Eds.). Human Centred Automation (pp. 1 - 12). Maastricht, the Netherlands: Shaker Publishing.
• Sülzenbrück, S., Mathias Hegele, M., Rinkenauer, G. & Herbert Heuer (2011). The Death of Handwriting: Secondary Effects of Frequent Computer Use on Basic Motor Skills, Journal of Motor Behavior, 43, 247-251.
• Hofmann, P., Rinkenauer, G., & Gude, D. (2010). Preparing lane changes while driving in a fixed-base simulator: Effects of advance information about direction and amplitude on reaction time and steering kinematics. Transportation Research Part F, 13, 255-268.
• Sülzenbrück, S., Hegele, M., Heuer, H., & Rinkenauer, G. (in press). Generalized slowing is not that general in older adults: Evidence from a tracing task. Occupational Ergonomics.
• Moore, C. M., Hein, E., Grosjean, M., & Rinkenauer, G. (2009). Limited influence of perceptual organization on the precision of attentional control. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 71, 971-983.
• Rinkenauer, G., & Grosjean, M. (2008). Mapping the distribution of focused visual attention in real 3D space: Potential implications for interface design. Zeitschrift für Arbeitswissenschaft, 62, 145-155.
• Rinkenauer, G. (2008). Motorische Leistungsfähigkeit im Alter. In: Schlag B (Ed.): Leistungsfähigkeit und Mobilität im Alter (pp. 143-180). Köln: TÜV Media GmbH.
• Kloke, W. B., Jaschinki, W., & Rinkenauer, G. (2007). Beidäugige Koordination in Sehbedingungen von Head-up-Displays in Kraftfahrzeugen. Zeitschrift für Arbeitswissenschaft, 61, 225-233.
• Puca, R. M., Rinkenauer, G., & Breidenstein, C. (2006). Individual differences in approach and avoidance movements: how the avoidance motive influences response force. Journal of Personality, 74, 979-1014..
• Rinkenauer, G., Osman, A., Ulrich, R., Müller-Gethmann, H., & Mattes, S. (2004). On the locus of speed-accuracy trade-off in reaction time: inferences from the lateralized readiness potential. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 133, 261-282.
• Müller-Gethmann, H., Ulrich, R., & Rinkenauer, G. (2003). Locus of the effect of temporal preparation: evidence from the lateralized readiness potential. Psychophysiology, 40, 597-611.
• Rinkenauer, G., Ulrich, R., & Wing, A. M. (2001). Brief bimanual force pulses: correlations between the hands in force and time. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 27, 1485-1497.
• Rinkenauer, G., Mattes, S., & Ulrich, R. (1999). The surface-weight illusion: on the contribution of grip force to perceived heaviness. Perception & Psychophysics, 61, 23-30.