Thomas Goschke, Prof. Dr. phil.
Chair of General Psychology Head, Department of Psychology Spokesperson, Collaborative Research Centre (SFB 940) „Volition and Cognitive Control“; Professor for General Psychology (W3); Director, Institute of General Psychology, Biopsychology and Methods of Psychology VCF
Contact information
Institute of General Psychology, Biopsychology and Methods of Psychology
Department of Psychology
Faculty of Science
Technische Universität Dresden
Zellescher Weg 17, 01069 Dresden
E-Mail: thomas.goschke@tu-dresden.de
Scientific Education
| 1999 | Habilitation (Psychology), Universität Osnabrück (Mentor: Prof. Dr. Julius Kuhl) |
| 1992 | Dr. phil. (summa cum laude), Universität Osnabrück (Advisor: Prof. Dr. Julius Kuhl) |
| 1987 | Diploma in Psychology (with distinction), Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Advisor: Prof. Dr. Klaus Schneider) |
| 1979 – 1987 | Studies of Psychology and Philosophy, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
Professional Experience
| Since 2009 | Acting Director, Neuroimaging Center of the Department of Psychology, TU Dresden |
| 2004 – 2009 | Head of Department (Prodekan), Department of Psychology, TU Dresden |
| Since 2003 | Elected Member of the Faculty Board, Faculty of Science, TU Dresden |
| Since 2003 | Director of the Institute for General Psychology, Biopsychology and Methods of Psychology |
| Since 2002 | Professor (W3) for General Psychology, Department of Psychology, TU Dresden |
| 2000 – 2002 | Senior Scientist, Max-Planck-Institute for Psychological Research, Munich (Cognition & Action Unit, Prof. Wolfgang Prinz) |
| 1999 – 2000 | Assistant Professor (C2), University Osnabrück |
| 1997 | Interim Professor for General Psychology (C4), TU Braunschweig |
| 1993 – 1999 | Postdoctoral Research Associate (C1), Department of Psychology, University Osnabrück |
| 1987 – 1993 | Doctoral student, Department of Psychology, University Osnabrück |
Other Scientific Activities, Honors, Awards
| Since 2010 | Principal Investigator, Center for Integrative Life Sciences (CILS), Humboldt University Berlin |
| Since 2009 | Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, European Post Graduate School in Addiction Research ESADD |
| 2007 – 2009 | Founding member of the Scientific Board of the European Platform for Mind, Life, & Brain Sciences, Volkswagen-Foundation |
| 2008 | Coorganizer of the Kogwis2008 - 9th Biannual Meeting of the German Society for Cognitive Science (with Leon Urbas and Boris Velichkovsky) |
| 2005 – 2010 | Spokesperson of the interdisciplinary research group “Control and responsibility: Investigations on the nature and culture of volition”, Volkswagen-Foundation |
| 1995/1996 | Visiting Faculty Member, Institute for Cognition and Decision Sciences, University of Oregon at Eugene (2-month DAAD Foreign Research Scholarships) |
| 1989 – 1990 | Fellow, Research Group Mind and Brain, Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), Bielefeld |
| Since 1993 | Ad-hoc reviewer for numerous research organizations and international scientific journals |
Selected Publications
Scherbaum, S., Dshemuchadse, M. Fischer, R. & Goschke, T. (2011). The dynamics of cognitive control: evidence for within trial conflict adaptation from frequency tagged EEG. Psychophysiology, 48(5), 591-600.
Goschke, T., Dreisbach, G. (2008). Conflict-triggered goal shielding: response conflicts attenuate background-monitoring for concurrent prospective memory cues. Psychological Science, 19, 25-32.
Goschke, T. & Bolte, A. (2007). Implicit learning of semantic category sequences: response-independent acquisition of abstract sequential regularities. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 33, 394-406.
Linser, K. & Goschke, T. (2007). Unconscious modulation of the conscious experience of voluntary control. Cognition, 104, 459-475.
Dreisbach, G., & Goschke, T. (2004). How positive affect modulates cognitive control: Reduced perseveration at the cost of increased distractibility. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 30, 343-353.