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 that were produced at IfADo. For all other publications of our scientific staff, please look at the links to other databases such as Pubmed.
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. 2025; 43:100909. 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. 2025; 11(1):e41164. 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. 2025; 62(2):e70018. 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. 2025; 61(4):e70027. doi: 10.1111/ejn.70027
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)
Kleinert T, Koenig T, Nash K, Wascher E:
On the reliability of the EEG microstate approach. Brain Topogr 37: 271–286 (2024)
Alyan E, Arnau S, Reiser JE, Wascher E:
Synchronization-based fusion of EEG and eye blink signals for enhanced decoding accuracy. Sci Rep 14 (1): 26918 (2024) (15 pp)
Reiser JE, Alyan E, Arnau S, Wascher E:
Ein Einblick in den arbeitenden Kopf: Mit mobilem EEG und Augenaktivität kognitive Prozesse aufdecken. In: GfA (Hrsg.): Arbeitswissenschaft in-the-loop. Mensch-Technologie-Integration und ihre Auswirkung auf Mensch, Arbeit und Arbeitsgestaltung. 70. Frühjahrskongress der Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaft e.V., 06.-08. März 2024, Stuttgart (Beitrag C.1.3, 6 S.). Sankt Augustin: GfA-Press, 2024
Gajewski PD, Rieker J, Athanassiou G, Bröde P, Claus M, Golka K, Hengstler JG, Kleinsorge T, Nitsche M, Reinders J, Tisch A, Watzl C, Wascher E, Getzmann S:
Arbeitsfähigkeit über die Lebensspanne: Rolle von biologischen, soziodemografischen, psychosozialen und Lebensstilfaktoren. In: 64. Wissenschaftliche Jahrestagung der DGAUM, 13. bis 16. März 2024 in München + online (Beitrag 17, S. 82-84). Hrsg. von Jessica Lang, Simone Schmitz-Spanke. Stuttgart: Gentner, 2024
Here you will find the Publications from 2010 onwards that were produced at IfADo. For all other publications of our scientific staff, please look at the links to other databases such as Pubmed.
Alyan E, Arnau S, Reiser JE, Getzmann S, Karthaus M, Wascher E:
Blink-related EEG activity measures cognitive load during proactive and reactive driving. Sci Rep 13 (1): 19379 (2023)
Rieker JA, Gajewski PD, Reales JM, Ballesteros S, Golka K, Hengstler JG, Wascher E, Getzmann S:
The impact of physical fitness, social life, and cognitive functions on work ability in middle-aged and older adults. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 96: 507–520 (2023)
Alyan E, Arnau S, Reiser JE, Wascher E:
Eye blink-driven EEG: a step towards improved real-world data classification. In: 2023 IEEE EMBS Special Topic Conference on Data Science and Engineering in Healthcare, Medicine and Biology, Malta 2023 (pp 7-8). New York: IEEE, 2023
Akan O, Bierbrauer A, Kunz L, Gajewski PD, Getzmann S, Hengstler JG, Wascher E, Axmacher N, Wolf OT:
Chronic stress is associated with specific path integration deficits. Behav Brain Res 442: 114305 (2023) (13 pp)
Getzmann S, Schneider D, Wascher E:
Selective spatial attention in lateralized multi-talker speech perception: EEG correlates and the role of age. Neurobiol Aging 126: 1-13 (2023)
Gajewski PD, Rieker JA, Athanassiou G, Bröde P, Claus M, Golka K, Hengstler JG, Kleinsorge T, Nitsche MA, Reinders J, Tisch A, Watzl C, Wascher E, Getzmann S:
A systematic analysis of biological, sociodemographic, psychosocial, and lifestyle factors contributing to work ability across the working life span: cross-sectional study. JMIR Form Res 7: e40818 (2023) (25 pp)
Klatt L-I, Begau A, Schneider D, Wascher E, Getzmann S:
Cross-modal interactions at the audiovisual cocktail-party revealed by behavior, ERPs, and neural oscillations. NeuroImage 271: 120022 (2023) (17 pp)
Alyan E, Wascher E, Arnau S, Kaesemann R, Reiser JE:
Operator state in a workplace simulation modulates eye-blink related EEG activity. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng 31: 1167-1179 (2023)
Hucke CI, Heinen RM, Wascher E, van Thriel C:
Trigeminal stimulation is required for neural representations of bimodal odor localization: A time-resolved multivariate EEG and fNIRS study. Neuroimage 269: 119903 (11 pp) (2023)
Mundorf A, Getzmann S, Gajewski PD, Larra MF, Wascher E, Ocklenburg S:
Stress exposure, hand preference, and hand skill: A deep phenotyping approach. Laterality 28: 209–237 (2023)
Gajewski PD, Golka K, Hengstler JG, Kadhum T, Digutsch J, Genç E, Wascher E, Getzmann S:
Does physical fitness affect cognitive functions differently across adulthood? An advantage of being older. Front Psychol 14: 1134770 (2023) (14 pp)
Karthaus M, Getzmann S, Wascher E, Graas F, Rudinger G:
Die Entwicklung verkehrssicherheitsrelevanter Personenmerkmale im höheren Lebensalter und ihre Einflussfaktoren. Erste Querschnittsanalysen aus der Dortmunder-Bonner-Längsschnittstudie (DoBoLSiS). Bergisch Gladbach: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen, 2023 (Berichte der Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen: Mensch und Sicherheit, Heft M 336)
Wascher E, Alyan E, Karthaus M, Getzmann S, Arnau S, Reiser JE:
Tracking drivers’ minds: Continuous evaluation of mental load and cognitive processing in a realistic driving simulator scenario by means of the EEG. Heliyon 9 (7): e17904 (2023) (13 pp)
Metzen D, Genç E, Getzmann S, Larra MF, Wascher E, Ocklenburg S:
Frontal and parietal EEG alpha asymmetry: a large-scale investigation of short-term reliability on distinct EEG systems. Brain Struct Funct 227: 725–740 (2022)