Prof. Dr. Edmund Wascher
Head of Department
- since 2004Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, full professor for Ergonomics, Technical University of Dortmund
- 2000-2004head of the Junior Research Group „Cognitive psychophysiology“ at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Munich
- 1997–2000assistant professor at the University of Tübingen (Clinical Psychology)
- 1992–1997research associate at the Medical University Lübeck (Clinic for Neurology)
- 1992PhD in psychology, University of Graz (Austria) and University of Munich
- 1989Diploma, University of Graz (Austria)
- information processing in human-machine systems
- adaptive interfaces
- perception-action integration
- visual attention
- neurophysiology of cognitive processing
Here you will find the Key publications from 2010 onwards. For all other publications of our scientific staff, please look at the links to other databases such as Pubmed.
Bröde P, Claus M, Getzmann S, Golka K, Hengstler JG, Reinders J, Wascher E, Watzl C, Gajewski PD:
Latent Toxoplasma gondii Infection Does Not Modulate Immune Aging in a Cross-Sectional Working-Age Population Study. Biomolecules 16(1): 55 (2026) doi: 10.3390/biom16010055
Alyan E, Reiser JE, Wascher E:
Real-time monitoring of driver cognitive states: linking driving behavior to neural oscillations. Transp Res Part F Traffic Psychol Behav 116: 103423 (2026) doi: 10.1016/j.trf.2025.103423
Gajewski PD, Bröde P, Claus M, Golka K, Hengstler JG, Watzl C, Wascher E, Getzmann S:
The association between hair cortisol and burnout is moderated by age, psychosocial, and immunological markers. Brain Behav Immun Health 43:100909 (2025) doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2024.100909
Alyan E, Arnau S, Getzmann S, Reiser JE, Karthaus M, Wascher E:
Age-related differences in eye blink-related neural activity and functional connectivity during driving. Heliyon 11(1): e41164 (2025) doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e41164
Arslan C, Schneider D, Getzmann S, Wascher E, Klatt LI:
The Interplay Between Multisensory Processing and Attention in Working Memory: Behavioral and Neural Indices of Audiovisual Object Storage. Psychophysiology 62(2): e70018 (2025) doi: 10.1111/psyp.70018
Ülkü S, Getzmann S, Wascher E, Schneider D:
EEG Correlates of Cognitive Dynamics in Task Resumption After Interruptions: The Impact of Available Time and Flexibility. Eur J Neurosci 61(4): e70027 (2025) doi: 10.1111/ejn.70027
Custodio RJP, Sayson LV, Cho A, Jung H, Ortiz DM, Lee HJ, Alyan E, Wascher E, Getzmann S, Kim M, Kim KM, Yi EC, Kim HJ, Cheong JH:
Unraveling Predominantly Inattentive ADHD (ADHD-PI): Insights from Proteomic Analysis of the Striatum of Thyroid Hormone-Responsive Protein (THRSP)-Overexpressing Mice. Mol Neurobiol 62(10): 13225-13249 (2025) doi: 10.1007/s12035-025-05031-z
Stodt B, Neudek D, Martin R, Wascher E, Getzmann S:
Age-Related Differences in Neural Correlates of Auditory Spatial Change Detection in Real and Virtual Environments. Eur J Neurosci 61(10): e70141 (2025) doi: 10.1111/ejn.70141
Tor ÖB, Nitsche MA, Wascher E, Guzel NA, Layne CS:
Effect of transcranial direct current stimulation over the primary motor cortex on short-term balance acquisition in healthy individuals. J Neuroeng Rehabil 22(1): 146 (2025) doi: 10.1186/s12984-025-01663-3
Here you will find the Publications from 2010 onwards. For all other publications of our scientific staff, please look at the links to other databases such as Pubmed.
Reiser JE, Rinkenauer G, Arnau S, Chuang LL, Wascher E:
How Do Humans Process Audiovisual Cues for Task-Switching While Walking? An EEG/ERP Study. Psychophysiology 62(8): e70122 (2025) doi: 10.1111/psyp.70122
Gajewski PD, Bröde P, Claus M, Golka K, Hengstler JG, Reinders J, Watzl C, Wascher E, Getzmann S:
Changes of cognitive functions and proinflammatory cytokines across the lifespan in latent Toxoplasma gondii infection. Brain Behav Immun Health 49: 101105 (2025) doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2025.101105.
Karthaus M, Getzmann S, Wascher E, Rudinger G, Graas F:
Die Entwicklung verkehrssicherheitsrelevanter Personenmerkmale von Seniorinnen und Senioren: Eine Längsschnittstudie über fünf Jahre. Bergisch Gladbach: Bundesanstalt für Straßen- und Verkehrswesen, 2025 (Berichte der Bundesanstalt für Straßen- und Verkehrswesen: Mensch und Sicherheit, Heft M 352)
Engler R, Stammen C, Arnau S, Schneider Penate J, Metzen D, Digutsch J, Gajewski PD, Getzmann S, Fraenz C, Reinders J, Voelkle MC, Streit F, Ocklenburg S, Schneider D, Burke M, Hengstler JG, Watzl C, Nitsche MA, Kumsta R, Wascher E, Genç E:
Electrophysiological resting-state signatures link polygenic scores to general intelligence. Sci Rep 15(1): 41170 (2025) doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-26778-4
von Haugwitz L, Wascher E, Larra MF:
Triggered by your heart: Effects of cardioafferent traffic and stress on automatic responses in a Simon task. Psychophysiology 61 (8): e14572 (2024) (21 pp)
Custodio RJP, Hengstler JG, Cheong JH, Kim HJ, Wascher E, Getzmann S:
Adult ADHD: it is old and new at the same time - what is it? Rev Neurosci 35: 225–241 (2024)
Mundorf A, Getzmann S, Gajewski PD, Larra MF, Wascher E, Genç E, Ocklenburg S:
Phenotyping in clinical laterality research: a comparison of commonly used methods to determine mixed-handedness and ambidexterity. Laterality 29:331–349 (2024)
Getzmann S, Gajewski PD, Schneider D, Wascher E:
Resting-state EEG data before and after cognitive activity across the adult lifespan and a 5-year follow-up. Sci Data 11 (1): 988 (2024) (5 pp)
Sabo M, Wascher E, Schneider D:
The neural basis of attentional selection in goal-directed memory retrieval. Sci Rep 14 (1): 20937 (2024) (15 pp)