PD Dr. Patrick Gajewski

Scientific staff

Aging

+49 231 1084-383

gajewski@ifado.de

Head of department

Prof. Dr. Edmund Wascher

wascher@ifado.de

+49 231 1084-362

Secretariat

Judith Geiger

geiger@ifado.de

+49 231 1084-361

Address

Ardeystr. 67
44139 Dortmund

2017
Habilitation (Venia Legendi for Psychology, Priv.-Doz.), Faculty of Educational Science, Psychology and Educational Research (FK 12), TU Dortmund University
since 2007
research assistant in the "Ageing" networking group at IfADo
2005
Doctorate at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.), Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
since 2001
Research assistant in the research group "Flexible Behavior Control" at IfADo
1994-2001
Degree in psychology (Dipl.-Psych.), Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, major in biological psychology, minor in psychiatry

Here you will find the Key publications from 2010 onwards that were produced at IfADo.

Bröde P, Claus M, Gajewski PD, Getzmann S, Wascher E, Watzl C:

From immunosenescence to aging types – establishing reference intervals for immune age biomarkers by centile estimation. Int J Mol Sci 24 (17): 13186 (2023) (17 pp)

Getzmann S, Reiser JE, Gajewski PD, Schneider D, Karthaus M, Wascher E:

Cognitive aging at work and in daily life - a narrative review on challenges due to age-related changes in central cognitive functions. Front Psychol 14: 1232344 (2023) (11 pp)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Bröde P, Claus M, Gajewski PD, Getzmann S, Golka K, Hengstler JG, Wascher E, Watzl C:

Calibrating a comprehensive immune age metric to analyze the cross sectional age-related decline in cardiorespiratory fitness. Biology 11: 1576 (2022) (14 pp)

Gajewski PD, Getzmann S, Bröde P, Burke M, Cadenas C, Capellino S, Claus M, Genç E, Golka K, Hengstler JG, Kleinsorge T, Marchan R, Nitsche MA, Reinders J, van Thriel C, Watzl C, Wascher E:

Impact of biological and lifestyle factors on cognitive aging and work ability in the Dortmund Vital Study: Protocol of an interdisciplinary, cross-sectional, and longitudinal study. JMIR Res Protoc 11 (3): e32352 (2022) (18 pp)

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

When long appears short: Effects of auditory distraction on event-related potential correlates of time perception. Eur J Neurosci 55: 121-137 (2022)

Yordanova J, Gajewski PD, Getzmann S, Kirov R, Falkenstein M, Kolev V:

Neural correlates of aging-related differences in pro-active control in a dual task. Front Aging Neurosci 13: 682499 (2021) (12 pp)

Laera G, Arcara G, Gajewski PD, Kliegel M, Hering A:

Age-related modulation of EEG time-frequency responses in prospective memory retrieval. Neuropsychologia 155: 107818 (2021)

Potter G, Hatch D, Hagy H, Radüntz T, Gajewski P, Falkenstein M, Freude G:

Slower information processing speed is associated with persistent burnout symptoms but not depression symptoms in nursing workers. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 43: 33-45 (2021)

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

Time hurries on but does not fly in older age – no effect of depressive symptoms. Timing & Time Perception 9: 241–256 (2021)

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

Multidomain cognitive training transfers to attentional and executive functions in healthy older adults. Front Hum Neurosci 14: 586963 (2020) (17 pp)

Bierbrauer A, Kunz L, Gomes CA, Luhmann M, Deuker L, Getzmann S, Wascher E, Gajewski PD, Hengstler JG, Fernandez-Alvarez M, Atienza M, Cammisuli DM, Bonatti F, Pruneti C, Percesepe A, Bellaali Y, Hanseeuw B, Strange BA, Cantero JL, Axmacher N:

Unmasking selective path integration deficits in Alzheimer’s disease risk carriers. Sci Adv 6(35): eaba1394 (2020)

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

Stroop task performance across the lifespan: High cognitive reserve in older age is associated with enhanced proactive and reactive interference control. NeuroImage 207: 116430 (2020) (14 pp)

Hering A, Wild-Wall N, Falkenstein M, Gajewski PD, Zinke K, Altgassen M, Kliegel M:

Beyond prospective memory retrieval: Encoding and remembering of intentions across the lifespan. Int J Psychophysiol 147: 44-59 (2020)

Here you will find the Publications from 2010 onwards that were produced at IfADo.

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)