Prof. Dr. Edmund Wascher

Head of Department

Head of department

wascher@ifado.de

+49 231 1084-362

Secretariat

Judith Geiger

geiger@ifado.de

+49 231 1084-361

Address

Ardeystr. 67
44139 Dortmund

since 2004
Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, full professor for Ergonomics, Technical University of Dortmund
2000-2004
head of the Junior Research Group „Cognitive psychophysiology“ at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Munich
1997–2000
assistant professor at the University of Tübingen (Clinical Psychology)
1992–1997
research associate at the Medical University Lübeck (Clinic for Neurology)
1992
PhD in psychology, University of Graz (Austria) and University of Munich
1989
Diploma, University of Graz (Austria)

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

Sabo M, Varlet M, Wascher E, Gajewski PD, Grootswagers T:

Multiple Partially Overlapping Neural Modules Orchestrate Conflict Processing. Imaging Neurosci (2026) doi: 10.1162/IMAG.a.1135. Epub ahead of print.

Getzmann S, Ülkü S, Wascher E, Schneider D:

Older Adults Benefit More From Flexibility When Dealing With Task Interruptions: EEG Evidence From a Working Memory Task. Psychol Aging (2026) doi:10.1037/pag0000963. Epub ahead of print.

Getzmann S, Wascher E, Rudinger G, Graas F, Karthaus M:

Active mobility in higher age: Regular cycling is associated with maintaining car driving performance. Transp Res Part F Traffic Psychol Behav 118: 103544 (2026) doi: 10.1016/j.trf.2026.103544

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

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.

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)

Arnau S, Liegel N, Wascher E:

Frontal midline theta power during the cue-target-interval reflects increased cognitive effort in rewarded task-switching. Cortex 180: 94-110 (2024)

Getzmann S, Arnau S, Gajewski PD, Wascher E:

Auditory distraction, time perception, and the role of age: ERP evidence from a large cohort study. Neurobiol Aging 144: 114-126 (2024)

Liegel N, Schneider D, Wascher E, Klatt L-I, Arnau S:

The effect of performance contingent reward prospects flexibly adapts to more versus less specific task goals. Psychophysiology 61: e1467 (2024) (20 pp)

Kleinert T, Nash K, Koenig T, Wascher E:

Normative intercorrelations between EEG microstate characteristics. Brain Topogr 37: 265–269 (2024)

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