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
Perception, Attention, and mental states of arousal and relaxation
Experiment-based diagnostics for clinical psychology and neuropsychology
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
Under review / submitted / in preparation
Poth, C. H., & Dietze, N. (under review). Phasic alertness requires top-down target expectations.
Steghaus, S., & Poth, C. H. (in preparation). 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., Rogalewski, A.*, & Schäbitz, W.-R.* (in preparation). Eye movements reveal hidden impairments of working memory after transient global amnesia. *contributed equally.
Krause, A., & Poth, C. H. (submitted). Urgency elicits stimulus-driven action without limits imposed by motor preparation.
Upcoming
Poth, C. H.*, & Poth, N. L.* (accepted). Spurious Crisis versus Sustainable Science (Commentary). Behavioral and Brain Sciences. *contributed equally.
Selected publications
Poth, C. H., & Krause, A. (2025). The forced-response method: Urgency rediscovered (Commentary). Behavior Research Methods, 57, 263. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-025-02788-y
Steghaus, S., & Poth, C. H. (2025). Measuring the Moment: Short-Term Relaxation Effects and the Relaxation State Questionnaire.
European Journal of Health Psychology, 32(3), 175–184. https://doi.org/10.1027/2512-8442/a000181
Krause, A., & Poth, C. H. (2025). Urgency overpowers cognitive control by amplifying cognitive processing asymmetries. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-025-03102-w
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
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter
Postanschrift
Universität Bielefeld
Fakultät für Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft
Abteilung für Psychologie
Postfach 10 01 31
D-33501 Bielefeld
Sprechstunde
Nach Vereinbarung
Niklas Dietze
Postdoc Researcher
Postal Address
Universität Bielefeld
Fakultät für Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft
Abteilung für Psychologie
Postfach 10 01 31
D-33501 Bielefeld
Office-Hour
By Agreement
Gestefeld, B., Marsman, J. B., & Cornelissen, F. W. (2021). How Free-Viewing Eye Movements Can Be Used to Detect the Presence of Visual Field Defects in Glaucoma Patients. Frontiers in medicine, 8, 689910. doi:10.3389/fmed.2021.689910
Gestefeld, B., Grillini, A., Marsman, J.-B. C., & Cornelissen, F. W. (2020). Using natural viewing behavior to screen for and reconstruct visual field defects. Journal of Vision, 20(9), 11–11.
Gestefeld, B., Koopman, J., Vrijling, A., & Frans, W. (2020). Eye tracking and virtual reality in the rehabilitation of mobility of hemianopia patients: A user experience study. Vision Rehabilitation International, 12(1), 7–20. doi:10.1167/jov.20.9.11
Stand-in Professor
Postal Address
Universität Bielefeld
Fakultät für Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft
Abteilung für Psychologie
Postfach 10 01 31
D-33501 Bielefeld
Office-Hour
By Agreement
Dr. Iris Wiegand
Main Research Topics
Methods
Grants
Selected Publications
Former Staff Member
Postal Address
Universität Bielefeld
Fakultät für Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft
Abteilung für Psychologie
Postfach 10 01 31
D-33501 Bielefeld
Find Me Elsewehere
Rebecca Förster
Research Topics
Peer-Reviewing Activities
Acta Psychologica; Advances in Cognitive Psychology; Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences; Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics; Behavior Research Methods; Cognition; European Conference on Eye Movements (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019); Experimental Brain Research; Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cogntion; Journal of Neurophysiology; Journal of Opthalmology; Journal of Vision; Memory and Cognition; Multimodal Technologies and Interaction; Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences; Psychological Research; Visual Cognition; Vision; Vision Research
Career
Education
Memberships and Committees
Award
Former Staff Member
Postal Address
Universität Bielefeld
Fakultät für Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft
Abteilung für Psychologie
Postfach 10 01 31
D-33501 Bielefeld
Find Me Elsewhere
PD Dr. Arvid Herwig
Research Topics
Overall topic
Central issues
Methods
Grants
Peer-Reviewing Activities
Career
Since October 2008: Research Scientist, Neuro-Cognitive Psychology (Allg. Psych. I), Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University, Germany
Education
Awards & Honors
Activities
Former Staff Member
Postal Address
Universität Bielefeld
Fakultät für Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft
Abteilung für Psychologie
Postfach 10 01 31
D-33501 Bielefeld
Dr. Katharina Weiß
Research Topics
Reviews
Advances in Cognitive Psychology, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Consciousness and Cognition, Experimental Brain Research, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, PLoS ONE, Psychological Research, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
Mit tiefer Bestürzung und großem Bedauern müssen wir mitteilen, dass Prof. Dr. Odmar Neumann, der diese Arbeitseinheit "Allgemeine Psychologie I" (Neurokognitive Psychologie) viele Jahre leitete, am 25. Februar in Bielefeld verstarb. Sein wissenschaftliches Wirken hat nicht nur einen entscheidenden und bleibenden Beitrag zur internationalen Aufmerksamkeitsforschung hinterlassen, sondern es liefert auch für uns, die aktuelle Arbeitseinheit, den Ansporn dieses Erbe, den Bielefelder "attention-for-action approach", in seinem Geist weiter zu entwickeln.
Im Namen der Allgemeinen Psychologie I,
Prof. Dr. Werner Schneider
With great sorrow and regret we have to announce that Prof. Dr. Odmar Neumann, who for many years was head of this unit "Allgemeine Psychologie I" (Neurokognitive Psychologie), died on February 25, 2013, in Bielefeld. His scientific work not only left an important and lasting contribution to international attention research, but motivates us as the current members of the unit to further develop this heritage, the Bielefeld "attention-for-action approach", according to his spirit.
On behalf of the members of "Allgemeine Psychologie I"
Prof. Dr. Werner Schneider
Former Staff Member
Postal Address
Universität Bielefeld
Fakultät für Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft
Abteilung für Psychologie
Postfach 10 01 31
D-33501 Bielefeld
Cassandra Philine Köller
Former Staff Member
Postal Address
Universität Bielefeld
Fakultät für Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft
Abteilung für Psychologie
Postfach 10 01 31
D-33501 Bielefeld
Dr. Lothar Kehrer
Former Staff Member
Postal Address
Universität Bielefeld
Fakultät für Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft
Abteilung für Psychologie
Postfach 10 01 31
D-33501 Bielefeld
Dr. Werner Klotz
Education and employment history
Reviewer for international Journals
Former Staff Member
Postal Address
Universität Bielefeld
Fakultät für Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft
Abteilung für Psychologie
Postfach 10 01 31
D-33501 Bielefeld
Gordian Griffiths