PD Dr. rer. nat. Malte Wöstmann


Maria-Goeppert-Str. 9a
23562 Lübeck
Gebäude MFC 8, 1. OG, Raum 6

Email:malte.woestmann(at)uni-luebeck.de
Phone:+49 451 3101 3621
Fax:+49 451 3101 3604

 

 

Lebenslauf  

10/2021                        Habilitation,Universität zu Lübeck, venia legendi für das Fach Psychologie
Seit 04/2015

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Universität zu Lübeck, Institut für Psychologie

08/2012-04/2015

Doktorand in der "International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Neuroscience of Communication", Leipzig

05/2012-09/2012

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Universität Osnabrück, Institut für Kognitionswissenschaften

04/2010-03/2012M. Sc. Kognitionswissenschaften, Universität Osnabrück
10/2006-02/2010

B. Sc. Kognitionswissenschaften, Universität Osnabrück

 

 

Publikationen 

Lui, T.K.Y. & Wöstmann M. (2022). Effects of temporally regular versus irregular distractors on goal-directed cognition and behavior. Scientific Reports. 12, 10020. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-13211-3
Wöstmann M. (2022). Does Attention follow a Rhythm? Nature Human Behaviour. 6: 1192-1193. doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01365-z

Wöstmann M., Störmer V., Obleser J., Andersen S.K., Gaspelin N., Geng J.J., Luck S.J., Noonan M.P., Slagter H., & Theeuwes J. (2022). Ten simple rules to study distractor suppression. Progress in Neurobiology. 213, 102269. doi.org/10.1016/j.pneurobio.2022.102269

Wöstmann M., Erb J., Kreitewolf J., & Obleser J. (2021) Personality captures dissociations of subjective versus objective hearing in noise. R. Soc. Open Sci. 8: 210881. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210881

Schneider D., Herbst S.K., Klatt L.I., & Wöstmann M. (2021). Target Enhancement or Distractor Suppression? Functionally Distinct Alpha Oscillations form the Basis of Attention. European Journal of Neuroscience 00:1-10. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.15309
Wöstmann M., Maess, B., & Obleser, J. (2021). Orienting auditory attention in time: Lateralized alpha power reflects spatio-temporal filtering. NeuroImage, Volume 228 (March 2021), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117711
Kraus, F., Tune, S., Ruhe, A., Obleser, J., & Wöstmann, M. (2021). Unilateral acoustic degradation delays attentional separation of competing speech. Trends in Hearing. In press.
Wöstmann M., Lui, T.K.-Y., Friese, K.H., Kreitewolf, J., Naujokat, M., & Obleser, J. (2020). The vulnerability of working memory to distraction is rhythmic. Neuropsychologia, Volume 146, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107505

Wöstmann M., Schmitt L.-M., & Obleser J. (2020). Does closing the eyes enhance auditory attention? Eye closure increases attentional alpha-power modulation but not listening performance. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 32 (2), 212–225; doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01403

Wöstmann, M., Alavash, M. & Obleser, J. (2019). Alpha oscillations in the human brain implement distractor suppression independent of target selection. Journal of Neuroscience 39 (49), 9797-9805, https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1954-19.2019

Kreitewolf, J., Wöstmann, M., Tune, S., Plöchl, M., Obleser, J. (2019). Working-memory disruption by task-irrelevant talkers depends on degree of talker familiarity. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 81(4): 1108-1118. 

Fiedler, L., Wöstmann, M., Herbst, S. K., Obleser, M. (2019). Late cortical tracking of ignored speech facilitates neural selectivity in acoustically challenging conditions. Neuroimage 186, 33-42, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.10.057

Tune, S., Wöstmann, M., Obleser, J. (2018). Probing the limits of alpha power lateralisation as a neural marker of selective attention in middle‐aged and older listeners. European Journal of Neuroscience 48 (7), 2537-2550, https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.13862

Wöstmann, M., Vosskuhl, J., Obleser, J., Herrmann, C. S. (2018). Opposite effects of lateralised transcranial alpha versus gamma stimulation on auditory spatial attention. Brain stimulation 11 (4), 752-758, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2018.04.006

Wöstmann, M., Waschke, L. & Obleser, J. Prestimulus neural alpha power predicts confidence in discriminating identical auditory stimuli. Eur. J. Neurosci. 285577 (2018). doi:10.1111/ejn.14226

Waschke L., Wöstmann, M. & Obleser J. (2017). States and traits of neural irregularity in the age-varying human brain. Scientific Reports (7:17381). doi:10.1038/s41598-017-17766-4

Fiedler L., Wöstmann M., Graversen C., Brandmeyer A., Lunner T., & Obleser J (2017). Single-channel in-ear-EEG detects the focus of auditory attention to concurrent tone streams and mixed speech. Journal of neural engineering, 14(3), doi: 10.1088/1741-2552/aa66dd
Wöstmann M., Lim S.J., & Obleser J. (2017). The Human Neural Alpha Response to Speech is a Proxy of Attentional Control. Cerebral Cortex, 27(6): 3307–3317, doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhx074.
 
Alavash M., Daube C., Wöstmann M., Brandmeyer A., Obleser J. (2017). Large-scale network dynamics of beta-band oscillations underlie auditory perceptual decision-making. Network Neuroscience, 1(2). doi:10.1162/netn_a_00009

Wöstmann, M. & Obleser, J. (2016). Acoustic detail but not predictability of task-irrelevant speech disrupts working memory. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 10:538

Petersen, E.B., Wöstmann, M., Obleser, J., Lunner, T. (2016). Neural tracking of attended versus ignored speech is differentially affected by hearing loss. Journal of Neurophysiology. do: 10.1152/jn.00527.2016

Wöstmann, M., Herrmann, B., Maess, B., Obleser, J. (2016). Spatiotemporal dynamics of auditory attention synchronize with speech. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. pii: 201523357. 2016.

Lim, S-J, Wöstmann, M., & Obleser, J. (2015). Selective Attention to Auditory Memory Neurally Enhances Perceptual Precision. Journal of Neuroscience, 35 (49): 16094-16104.

Wöstmann, M., Schröger, E., & Obleser, J. (2015). Acoustic detail guides attention allocation in a selective listening task. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 27 (5): 988-1000

Borch-Petersen, E., Wöstmann, M., Stenfelt, S., & Lunner, T. (2015). Hearing loss impact neural alpha oscillations under adverse listening conditions. Frontiers in Psychology, 6:177.

Wöstmann, M., Herrmann, B., Wilsch, A., & Obleser, J. (2015). Neural alpha dynamics in younger and older listeners reflect acoustic challenges and predictive benefits. Journal of Neuroscience, 35: 1458-1467.

Strauß, A.†, Wöstmann, M., & Obleser, J. (2014). Cortical alpha oscillations as a tool for auditory selective inhibition. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8:350. † both authors contributed equally.

Obleser, J., Wöstmann, M., Hellbernd, N., Wilsch, A., Maess, B. (2012). Adverse listening conditions and memory load drive a common alpha oscillatory network. Journal of Neuroscience, 32 (36):12376 –12383.