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 that were produced at IfADo. For all other publications of our scientific staff, please look at the links to other databases such as Pubmed.

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)

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

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

Getzmann S, Golka K, Bröde P, Reinders J, Kadhum T, Hengstler JG, Wascher E, Gajewski PD:

Chronic Toxoplasma gondii infection modulates hearing ability across the adult life span. Life 14 (2): 194 (2024) (10 pp)

Stodt B, Neudek D, Getzmann S, Wascher E, Martin R:

Comparing auditory distance perception in real and virtual environments and the role of the loudness cue: A study based on event-related potentials. Hear Res 444: 108968 (2024) (15 pp)

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

Be prepared for interruptions: EEG correlates of anticipation when dealing with task interruptions and the role of aging. Sci Rep 14 (1): 5679 (2024) (16 pp)

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.

Reiser JE, Wascher E, Arnau S:

Recording mobile EEG in an outdoor environment reveals cognitive-motor interference dependent on movement complexity. Sci Rep 9: 13086 (2019) (14 pp)

Zickerick B, Thönes S, Kobald SO, Wascher E, Küper K:

Wie wirken sich Unterbrechungen im Vergleich zu Ablenkungen auf unsere kognitive Leistungsfähigkeit aus? Ergebnisse einer EEG-Studie. In: Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaft, GfA (Hrsg), Jäger M (Schriftltg): Arbeit interdisziplinär analysieren – bewerten –gestalten. 65. Kongress der Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaft, TU Dresden, 27.2.-1.3.2019 (Beitrag A.7.7 (5 S.)). Dortmund: GfA-Press, 2019

Gajewski PD, Hanisch E, Falkenstein M, Thönes S, Wascher E:

What does the n-back task measure as we get older? Relations between working-memory measures and other cognitive functions across the lifespan. Front Psychol 9: 2208 (2018)

Thönes S, Arnau S, Wascher E:

Cognitions about time affect perception, behavior, and physiology - a review on effects of external clock-speed manipulations. Conscious Cogn 63: 99-109 (2018)

Karthaus M, Wascher E, Getzmann S:

Proactive vs. reactive car driving: EEG evidence for different driving strategies of older drivers. PloS One 13: e0191500 (2018) (12 pp)

Wascher E, Arnau S, Gutberlet I, Karthaus M, Getzmann S:

Evaluating pro- and re-active driving behavior by means of the EEG. Front Hum Neurosci 12: 205 (2018) (8 pp)

Getzmann S, Arnau S, Karthaus M, Reiser JE, Wascher E:

Age-related differences in pro-active driving behavior revealed by EEG measures. Front Hum Neurosci 12: 321 (2018) (10 pp)

Klatt LI, Getzmann S, Wascher E, Schneider D:

The contribution of selective spatial attention to sound detection and sound localization: Evidence from event-related potentials and lateralized alpha oscillations. Biol Psychol 138: 133-145 (2018)

Getzmann S, Wascher E, Schneider D:

The role of inhibition for working memory processes: ERP evidence from a short-term storage task. Psychophysiology 55: e13026 (2018)

Klatt LI, Getzmann S, Wascher E, Schneider D:

Searching for auditory targets in external space and in working memory: electrophysiological mechanisms underlying perceptual and retroactive spatial attention. Behav Brain Res 353: 98-107 (2018)

Wascher E, Reiser J, Pacharra M, Rinkenauer G:

Potenzial mobiler Hirnaktivitätsmessung in der Intralogistik. In: Kretschmer V, Spee D: Kognitive Ergonomie: Der Mensch - eingebunden in die Logistik 4.0 (S 114-119). München: Huss-Verlag, 2018

Karthaus M, Wascher E, Getzmann S:

Effects of visual and acoustic distraction on driving behavior and EEG in young and older car drivers: a driving simulation study. Front Aging Neurosci 10: 420 (2018) (15 pp)

Reiser JE, Pacharra M, Wascher E:

Neurophysiologische Methoden zur Erfassung von Arbeitsbeanspruchung – Ein Überblick und aktuelle Entwicklungen. Wirtschaftspsychologie 20(1): 23-31 (2018)

Schneider D, Barth A, Getzmann S, Wascher E:

On the neural mechanisms underlying the protective function of retroactive cuing against perceptual interference: evidence by event-related potentials of the EEG. Biol Psychol 124: 47-56 (2017)

Getzmann S, Wascher E:

Visually guided auditory attention in a dynamic "cocktail-party" speech perception task: ERP evidence for age-related differences. Hear Res 344: 98-108 (2017)