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Department of Psychology

 Overview

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Dr. Christian Poth

Lecturer and Senior Researcher (Akad. Rat. a. Z.)

Postal Address

Universität Bielefeld
Fakultät für Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft
Abteilung für Psychologie
Postfach 10 01 31
D-33501 Bielefeld

Office-Hour

By Agreement

Dr. Christian Poth (Photo)

Dr. Christian Poth

Unit
AE01 / Neuro-Cognitive Psychology
Room
H1-135
Phone
++49 (0)521 106 - 4505
Fax
++49 (0)521 106 - 156934
E-Mail
c.poth@uni-bielefeld.de
Research

Perception, Attention, and mental states of arousal and relaxation

  • Alertness, arousal, and urgency in decision-making and action (Poth, 2021, eLife; Überblick: Poth, 2025, Journal of Cognition)
  • Visual perception and attention (Poth & Schneider, 2024, iScience; Poth & Schneider, 2018, Acta Psych)
  • Subjective states of relaxation (Steghaus & Poth, 2022, Scientific Reports; Steghaus & Poth, 2024, PloS ONE)

Experiment-based diagnostics for clinical psychology and neuropsychology

  • Assessing attention using psychophysics and virtual reality (Foerster/Poth et al., 2016, Scientific Reports; Foerster et al., 2019, Neuropsych)
  • Eye-tracking in neuropsychological assessments (Recker et al., 2022, PLoS ONE; Recker & Poth, 2024, Journal of Vision)

 

Under review / submitted / in preparation

Poth, C. H., & Dietze, N. (under review). Phasic alertness requires top-down target expectations.

Poth, C. H., & Krause, A. (under review). The forced-response method: Urgency rediscovered (Commentary).

Steghaus, S., & Poth, C. H. (under review). Ultra-brief relaxation exercises for stress relief.

Poth, C. H., Albert, J., Gestefeld, B., Schneider, W. X., Plümer, J., Klingebiel, R., Huppertz, H.-J., Ritter, H., Schäbitz, W.-R., & Rogalewski, A. (in preparation). Eye movements reveal hidden impairments of working memory after transient global amnesia.

Krause, A., & Poth, C. H. (submitted). Urgency elicits stimulus-driven action without limits imposed by motor preparation.

Upcoming

Steghaus, S., & Poth, C. H. (accepted). Measuring the Moment: Short-Term Relaxation Effects and the Relaxation State Questionnaire. European Journal of Health Psychology.

Poth, C. H.*, & Poth, N. L.* (accepted). Spurious Crisis versus Sustainable Science (Commentary). Behavioral and Brain Sciences. *contributed equally.

Krause, A., & Poth, C. H. (in press).  Urgency overpowers cognitive control by amplifying cognitive processing asymmetries. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics.

Selected publications

Poth, C. H., & Schneider, W. X. (2025). Vision of objects happens faster and earlier for location than for identity. iScience, 28(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.111702

Poth, C. H. (2025). Readiness for Perception and Action: Towards a More Mechanistic Understanding of Phasic Alertness. Journal of Cognition, 8(1), 19.https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.426

Steghaus, S., & Poth, C. H. (2024). Feeling tired versus feeling relaxed: Two faces of low physiological arousal. PloS ONE 19(9): e0310034. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310034

Dietze, N., Horstmann, G., & Poth, C. H. (2024). Alerting effects require the absence of surprise. Acta Psychologica, 245: 104239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104239

Dietze, N., Recker, L., & Poth, C. H. (2023). Warning signals only support the first action in a sequence. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 8(29). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-023-00484-z

Recker, L., & Poth, C. H. (2023). Test-Retest Reliability of eye tracking measures in a computerized Trail-Making-Test. Journal of Vision, 23(8), 15: 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.23.8.15

Dietze, N., & Poth, C. H. (2023). Vision rivals audition in alerting humans for fast action. Acta Psychologica, 238: 103991. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2023.103991

Krause, A., & Poth, C. H. (2023). Maintaining eye fixation relieves pressure of cognitive action control. iScience, 26: 107520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107520

Steghaus, S., Poth, C.H. (2022). Assessing momentary relaxation using the Relaxation State Questionnaire (RSQ). Scientific Reports, 12:16341. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20524-w

Poth, C. H. (2021). Urgency forces stimulus-driven action by overcoming cognitive control. eLife, 10:e73682. https://doi.org/​10.​7554/​eLife.​73682

Scientific Education

01.2014 – 01.2017: Dr. rer. nat. (summa cum laude), Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University

01.2014 – 01.2017: PhD-Studies Intelligent Systems, Graduate School of the Cluster of Excellence Cognitive Interaction Technology und Technische Fakultät, Bielefeld University

10.2011 – 09.2013: Master of Science in Psychology (1.0), Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University

11.2012 – 02.2013: Student researcher Center for Visual Cognition, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Claus Bundesen and Dr. Anders Petersen

10.2008 – 09.2011: Bachelor of Science in Psychologie (1.3), Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University

Academic Track

Since 10.2019: Senior researcher and lecturer (Akademischer Rat auf Zeit), Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University

2017 – 2019: Post-doctoral researcher, Neuro-cognitive Psychology, Bielefeld University.

01.2014 – 01.2017: Researcher and PhD student, Neuro-cognitive Psychology, Bielefeld University. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Werner Schneider

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