
- 2017Habilitation (Venia Legendi for Psychology, Priv.-Doz.), Faculty of Educational Science, Psychology and Educational Research (FK 12), TU Dortmund University
- since 2007research assistant in the "Ageing" networking group at IfADo
- 2005Doctorate at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.), Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
- since 2001Research assistant in the research group "Flexible Behavior Control" at IfADo
- 1994-2001Degree in psychology (Dipl.-Psych.), Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, major in biological psychology, minor in psychiatry
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Aging Research
- Cognitive Training
- Sports Psychology
- Psychoneuroimmunology
- Industrial Psychology
- Behavioral genetics
- Infectious diseases
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)
Here you will find the Publications from 2010 onwards that were produced at IfADo.
Falkenstein M, Gajewski P, Kardys C:
Der Einfluss von Stress auf die mentale Leistungsfähigkeit und Gesundheit bei älteren Beschäftigten: Grundlagen und Maßnahmen. In: Fischbach A, Lichtenthaler PW (Hrsg.): Gesundheit in der Polizei. Neue Erkenntnisse aus Wissenschaft und Praxis (S 1-21). Frankfurt am Main: Verlag für Polizeiwissenschaft, 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)
Gajewski P, Falkenstein M:
Physical activity and inactivity impacts on cognitive and emotional functioning in later life. In: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology (44 pp). Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2018
Gajewski PD, Boden S, Freude G, Potter GG, Claus M, Bröde P, Watzl C, Getzmann S, Falkenstein M:
Behaviorale, elektrophysiologische und immunologische Korrelate des subklinischen Burnouts und milder Depression bei Beschäftigten in emotional fordernden Jobs. In: Angerer P, Muth T (Hrsg.): 58. Wissenschaftliche Jahrestagung 2018, DGAUM, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Arbeitsmedizin und Umweltmedizin e.V. Dokumentation der Vorträge und Poster, München, 7.-9. März 2018 (S 504-508). Düsseldorf: DGAUM, 2018
Gajewski PD, Falkenstein M:
ERP and behavioral effects of physical and cognitive training on working memory in aging: a randomized controlled study. Neural Plasticity 2018, Article ID 3454835 (12 pp)
Boden S, Gajewski PD, Willemssen R, Getzmann S, Falkenstein M:
Depressive Symptomatik, Burnout, arbeitsbezogene Faktoren und zentralnervöse Informationsverarbeitung. Teilprojekt 3 im Verbundprojekt F 2318: Depressionen, Burnout und kognitive Defizite – Studien an Beschäftigten zum Einfluss arbeitsbezogener und individueller Determinanten. Dortmund/Berlin/Dresden: BAuA, 2018 (Forschung, Projekt F 2318)
Gajewski PD, Ferdinand NK, Kray J, Falkenstein M:
Understanding sources of adult age differences in task switching: evidence from behavioral and ERP studies. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 92: 255-275 (2018)
Falkenstein M, Gajewski P, Kardys C:
Wie lassen sich Beschäftigte in (geistiger) Bewegung halten? In: Richter G, Hecker C, Hinz A (Hrsg.): Produktionsarbeit in Deutschland - mit alternden Belegschaften (S 69-84). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, 2017
Gajewski PD, Freude G, Falkenstein M:
Cognitive training sustainably improves executive functioning in middle-aged industry workers assessed by task switching: a randomized controlled ERP study. Front Hum Neurosci 11: 81 (2017) (15 pp)
Küper K, Gajewski PD, Frieg C, Falkenstein M:
A randomized controlled ERP study on the effects of multi-domain cognitive training and task difficulty on task switching performance in older adults. Front Hum Neurosci 11: 184 (2017) (12 pp)
Gajewski PD, Boden S, Freude G, Potter GG, Claus M, Bröde P, Watzl C, Getzmann S, Falkenstein M:
Executive control, ERP and pro-inflammatory activity in emotionally exhausted middle-aged employees. Comparison between subclinical burnout and mild to moderate depression. Psychoneuroendocrinology 86: 176-186 (2017)
Gajewski PD, Boden S, Freude G, Potter GG, Falkenstein M:
Burnout is associated with changes in error and feedback processing. Biol Psychol 129: 349-358 (2017)
Gajewski PD, Falkenstein M:
Physical activity and neurocognitive func-tioning in aging - a condensed updated review. Eur Rev Aging Phys Act 13: article 1 (2016) (7 pp)
Falkenstein M, Gajewski PD:
Changes of electrical brain activity after cognitive training in old adults and older industrial workers. In: Strobach T, Karbach J (Eds.): Cognitive Training: an overview of features and ap-plications (pp 177-186). Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2016
Falkenstein M, Gajewski PD, Boden S:
Burnout lässt sich durch ereigniskorrelierte Potenziale (EKP) objektivieren. In: DGAUM, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Arbeitsmedizin und Umweltmedizin e.V., Schmitz-Spanke S (Hrsg.): Dokumentation der Vorträge und Poster [der 56. Wissenschaftlichen Jahrestagung 2016 “Ressourcen und Stressoren in der Arbeitswelt. Molekulare Arbeitsmedizin. Betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement”] München, 09.-11. März 2016 (S 458-462). München: DGAUM, 2016