Talk Series: Neurocognition & Work

After an extended winter break, we are finally relaunching our colloquium talk series. What started as an adaption to the circumstances during the pandemic, has turned out to be an excellent opportunity to engage in scientific exchange with scientist from all over the world. Hence, the Department of Ergonomics will continue to host a talk series. Interested guests are welcome to join. The lectures take place online via Zoom or/and on site at IfADo in Dortmund.

Representing the variety of research topics investigated in our department, the invited talks will range from basic research on attention, working memory or perception to more applied topics related to cognitive neuro-ergonomics or human machine-interaction. Please see details on the upcoming talks and topics below. Talks will be approximately 45 minutes, followed by a discussion.

When: Tuesdays, 4 pm CET

If you want to attend the online talks, please sign-up for the mailing list to get the Zoom invites.

Updates will also be shared on Bluesky: Follow Dr. Anna Plachti (@plachti.bsky.social) or the official IfADo account (@ifado_info) to be reminded of upcoming talks.

Upcoming Talks:

2026

June 02: Javier Penate Schneider, Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience at Ruhr-University Bochum, Title: A multivariate structural connectivity signature related to cross-disorder polygenic risk predicts negative affectivity

Past Talks:

May 19: Dr. Kerstin Jost (Brandenburg Medical School)

May 05: Dr. Mikkel Vinding (Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen)

Apr 21: Dr. Simon Ladouce (Cambridge Cognitive Architecture, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)

Feb 24: Dr. Federico Raimondo, Research Centre Julich, (INM-7)

Sept 23: Dr. Thomas Christophel, Berlin Center for Advanced Neuroimaging

Sept 30: Dr. Timothy Ricker, Title: Reward-Based Prioritization Functions through the Same Cognitive Mechanisms in Verbal and Visual Working Memory

April 22: Dr. Russel Chan, University of Twente (hybrid), Title: Quantifying the individual in motor sequence learning: Using multimodal MoBI to enhance theoretical understanding of expertise

April 29: Dr. Erik Biljeveld, Radboud University (hybrid), Title: Distraction and fatigue during mental labor, Abstract

May 6: Dr. Julie Golomb, Ohio State University (online)

Dr. Romy Frömer, University of Birmingham (online)

Dr. Darinka Trübutschek, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, [Recording]

Prof. Dr. Niko Busch, University of Münster, [Recording]

Dr. Ivan Grahek, Brown University, [Recording]

Dr. Julia Kam, University of Calgary

Dr. Anne Keitel, University of Dundee, [Recording]

Prof. Dr. Anne-Marie Brouwer, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research TNO, [Recording]

Dr. Christoph Bledowski, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Dr. Johannes Rodrigues, Universität Würzburg

For more content, check out our playlist on Youtube