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Overview

Torsten Schubert is affiliated with Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Psychology, with a focus on Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The main topics covered by their work include:

  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Mind wandering and attention
  • Memory Processes and Influences

Schubert has published frequently in various academic venues, notably:

  • Psychological Research
  • Acta Psychologica
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
  • Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance

Recent publications include:

  • "Working Memory Capacity but Not Prior Knowledge Impact on Readers' Attention and Text Comprehension," 2020, Frontiers in Education
  • "The role of working memory for task-order coordination in dual-task situations," 2021, Psychological Research
  • "Alertness Training Increases Visual Processing Speed in Healthy Older Adults," 2021, Psychological Science
  • "Metacognitive judgments can potentiate new learning: The role of covert retrieval," 2022, Metacognition and Learning
  • "Mind wandering during hypertext reading: The impact of hyperlink structure on reading comprehension and attention," 2023, Acta Psychologica

Schubert frequently collaborates with a group of researchers. Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Sebastian Kübler
  • Tilo Strobach
  • Leif Erik Langsdorf
  • Tiina Salminen
  • Teresa Schurer

Best Publications

  • Prefrontal cortex activation in task switching: an event-related fMRI study.

    Anja Dove;Stefan Pollmann;Torsten Schubert;Christopher J. Wiggins

  • Localization of Executive Functions in Dual-Task Performance with fMRI

    André J. Szameitat;Torsten Schubert;Karsten Müller;D. Yves Von Cramon

  • Video game practice optimizes executive control skills in dual-task and task switching situations.

    Tilo Strobach;Peter A. Frensch;Torsten Schubert

  • Improving Methodological Standards in Behavioral Interventions for Cognitive Enhancement

    C. Shawn Green;Daphne Bavelier;Arthur F. Kramer;Arthur F. Kramer;Sophia Vinogradov

  • On methodological standards in training and transfer experiments.

    C. Shawn Green;Tilo Strobach;Torsten Schubert

  • Adaptive working-memory training benefits reading, but not mathematics in middle childhood

    Julia Karbach;Tilo Strobach;Torsten Schubert

  • On the impacts of working memory training on executive functioning.

    Tiina Salminen;Tilo Strobach;Torsten Schubert

  • Functional neuroanatomy of interference in overlapping dual tasks: an fMRI study

    Torsten Schubert;Andre J Szameitat

  • Comparison of the Working Memory Load in N-Back and Working Memory Span Tasks by Means of EEG Frequency Band Power and P300 Amplitude.

    Christian Scharinger;Alexander Soutschek;Torsten Schubert;Peter Gerjets

  • Processing differences between simple and choice reactions affect bottleneck localization in overlapping tasks

    Torsten Schubert

  • Task-order coordination in dual-task performance and the lateral prefrontal cortex: an event-related fMRI study

    André J. Szameitat;Jöran Lepsien;D. Yves von Cramon;Annette Sterr

  • Individual differences in self-reported self-control predict successful emotion regulation

    Lena M. Paschke;Denise Dörfel;Rosa Steimke;Ima Trempler

  • Practice-related optimization and transfer of executive functions: a general review and a specific realization of their mechanisms in dual tasks

    Tilo Strobach;Tilo Strobach;Tiina Salminen;Tiina Salminen;Julia Karbach;Torsten Schubert;Torsten Schubert

  • Task switching: effects of practice on switch and mixing costs

    Tilo Strobach;Tilo Strobach;Roman Liepelt;Torsten Schubert;Torsten Schubert;Andrea Kiesel

  • The neural effect of stimulus-response modality compatibility on dual-task performance: an fMRI study

    Christine Stelzel;Eric H Schumacher;Torsten Schubert;Mark D'Esposito

  • When flanker meets the n-back: What EEG and pupil dilation data reveal about the interplay between the two central-executive working memory functions inhibition and updating

    Christian Scharinger;Alexander Soutschek;Torsten Schubert;Peter Gerjets

  • Improved intertask coordination after extensive dual-task practice.

    Roman Liepelt;Roman Liepelt;Roman Liepelt;Tilo Strobach;Tilo Strobach;Peter Frensch;Torsten Schubert;Torsten Schubert

  • Training-induced cognitive and neural plasticity

    Julia Karbach;Torsten Schubert

  • Neural Correlates of Vibrotactile Working Memory in the Human Brain

    Claudia Preuschhof;Hauke R. Heekeren;Birol Taskin;Torsten Schubert

  • The central attentional limitation and executive control.

    Torsten Schubert

  • Combined C and Cl Isotope Effects Indicate Differences between Corrinoids and Enzyme (Sulfurospirillum multivorans PceA) in Reductive Dehalogenation of Tetrachloroethene, But Not Trichloroethene

    Julian Renpenning;Sebastian Keller;Stefan Cretnik;Orfan Shouakar-Stash

Frequent Co-Authors

Hermann J. Müller
Hermann J. Müller Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Peter A. Frensch
Peter A. Frensch Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Roman Liepelt
Roman Liepelt University of Hagen
Rico Fischer
Rico Fischer University of Greifswald
Simone Kühn
Simone Kühn Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Julia Karbach
Julia Karbach Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Henrik Walter
Henrik Walter Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Stefan Pollmann
Stefan Pollmann Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Kathrin Finke
Kathrin Finke Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Hauke R. Heekeren
Hauke R. Heekeren Universität Hamburg

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