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© Stojan

Robert Stojan

Professur für Erziehungswissenschaft mit dem Schwerpunkt Schulpädagogik
Arbeitsgruppe Pädagogische Diagnostik und Potenzialentwicklung

 
  • Research Foci

    • Exercise, cognition and brain health
    • Motor-cognitive multitasking in everyday-like virtual realities
    • (Individualized) exercise programs in normative and clinical populations
    • Parkinson and Freezing of Gait
    • Mobile brain imaging techniques, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), electroencephalography (EEG)
  • CV

    Academic Education

    2016 – 2023
    Research associate and doctoral candidate at Chemnitz University of Technology and University of Münster
    2018 – 2021
    Promotionstipendium (ESF - Europäischer Sozialfonds) an der Technischen Universität Chemnitz
    2013 – 2015
    Masterstudium Intelligenz und Bewegung an der Universität Bielefeld
    2009 – 2013
    Bachelorstudium Sportwissenschaft/Psychologie an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

    Positions

    since 2023
    Research associate (post-doc) & project coordinator of the 'Parkinson Vibrating Socks' project (EU InterregVI program) at the University of Münster
    09.2021 – 08.2022
    Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft der Universität Münster (Arbeitsgruppe Pädagogische Diagnostik und Potenzialentwicklung, Prof. Till Utesch)
    since 2020
    Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut für Sportwissenschaften der Universität Münster (Arbeitsbereich Neuromotorik und Training, Prof. Dr. Claudia Voelcker-Rehage)
    2016 – 2019
    Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut für Angewandte Bewegungswissenschaften an der TU Chemnitz (Sportpsychologie, Prof. Dr. Claudia Voelcker-Rehage)
    09. – 11.2018
    Forschungsstipendium für einen Aufenthalt in Montreal, Kanada am EPIC Center bei Prof. Bherer und Dr. Vincent (Arbeitsgruppe Neuropsychologie)
    2015 – 2016
    Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft an der Sportwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Leipzig
    2014 – 2015
    Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft an der Fakultät für Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft (Abteilung Sportwissenschaft) an der Universität Bielefeld
  • Teaching

    Summer Term 2025

    • Seminar: Physical Training in Health Groups - Parkinsons patients [071547]
      • [Tue, 2.00 p. m. – 4.00 p. m. | weekly]

    Winter Term 2024/25

    • Seminar: Neuroscience, Cognition, and Motor Performance [079540]

    Summer Term 2024

    • Seminar: Physical Training in Health Groups - Parkinsons patients [077547]

    Winter Term 2023/24

    • Seminar: Neuroscience, Cognition, and Motor Performance [075537]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Claudia Voelcker-Rehage)
    • Project course: Research Project - Neuromotor Behavior and Exercise [075550]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Claudia Voelcker-Rehage)

    Summer Term 2023

    • Practical seminar: Fußball Gruppe 3 [073191]
      (in cooperation with Dr. Ross Julian)
    • Practical seminar: Fußball Gruppe 2 [073187]
      (in cooperation with Dr. Ross Julian)
    • Project course: Experimental Research Projects - Neuromotor Behavior and Exercise [073550]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Claudia Voelcker-Rehage)

    Winter Term 2022/23

    • Seminar: Physical Training in Elite Sports: Soccer [071511]
      (in cooperation with Dr. Ross Julian)
    • Seminar: Physical Training in Health Groups: The Elderly [071544]
      (in cooperation with Dr. Ross Julian)
    • Seminar: Neuroscience, Cognition, and Motor Performance [071537]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Claudia Voelcker-Rehage)
    • Practical seminar: Fußball Gruppe 04 [071187]
      (in cooperation with Dr. Ross Julian)
    • Practical seminar: Fußball Gruppe 05 [071188]
      (in cooperation with Dr. Ross Julian)

    Summer Term 2022

    • Practical seminar: Fußball Gruppe 1 [079187]
      (in cooperation with Dr. Ross Julian)

    Winter Term 2021/22

    • Seminar: Cognition [077423]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Claudia Voelcker-Rehage)
    • Seminar: Physical Training in Health Groups: The Elderly [077429]
      (in cooperation with Dr. Ross Julian)
  • Project

    • Parkinson Vibrating Socks - The Vibrating Socks: Individualized vibrotactile cueing to intervene freezing of gait in Parkinson‘s disease – PVS (2023 – 2027)
      EU-Project Hosted at University the of Münster: | Provinz Groningen, Bezirksregierung Münster, Provinz Overijssel, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Provincie Gelderland, EC - INTERREG VI-programme Germany-Netherlands, Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Bundes- und Europaangelegenheiten und Regionale Entwicklung Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy | Project Number: 12078
  • Publications

    • 2025
    • 2024
    • 2023
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016

    2025

    • Asuako, P.A.G., Stojan, R., Bock, O.L., Mack, M., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2025). Multitasking: Does task-switching add to the effect of dual-tasking on everyday-like driving behavior? Cognitive research: principles and implications, 10(1) (5). doi: 10.1186/s41235-025-00611-y.
    • Kutz, D. F., Obergassel, J., Mack, M., Stojan, R., Schmitz, B., Alten, F., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2025). Retinal vessel density and cognitive function in healthy older adults. Experimental Brain Research, 243, Article 114. doi: 10.1007/s00221-025-07076-x.

    2024

    • Maas, S., Göcking, T., Stojan, R., Voelcker-Rehage, C., & Kutz, D. F. (2024). Synchronization of Neurophysiological and Biomechanical Data in a Real-Time Virtual Gait Analysis System (GRAIL): A Proof-of-Principle Study. Sensors, 24 (12), Article 3779. doi: 10.3390/s24123779.
    • Piesch L; Stojan R; Zinner J; Büsch D; Utesch K; Utesch T (2024). Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdowns on Body Mass Index of Primary School Children from Different Socioeconomic Backgrounds. Sports Medicine - Open, 10 (1), 20–20. doi: 10.1186/s40798-024-00687-8.

    2023

    Research Articles (Journals)
    • Mack, M., Stojan, R., Bock, O., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2023). The association of executive functions and physical fitness with cognitive-motor multitasking in a street crossing scenario. Scientific Reports, 13 (1). doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-26438-x.
    • Stojan, R., Mack, M., Bock, O., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2023). Inefficient frontal and parietal brain activation during dual-task walking in a virtual environment in older adults. NeuroImage, 273. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120070.
    Abstracts in Digital Collections (Conferences)
    • Stojan, R., Mack, M., Bock, O., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2023). Frontal brain activation during everyday like motor-cognitive tasks in older adults – neural inefficiency or compensation?. Aging and Cognition 2023, Leuven.

    2022

    Articles
    Research Article (Book Contributions)
    • Voelcker-Rehage, C., & Stojan, R. (2022). Zusammenhang zwischen körperlicher und geistiger Fitness im Alter. in Klatt, S., & Strauß, B. (ed.), Kognition und Motorik – Sportpsychologische Grundlagenforschung und Anwendungen im Sport (p. (tba)).
    Research Articles (Journals)
    • Mack, M., Stojan, R., Bock, O., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2022). Cognitive-motor multitasking in older adults: a randomized controlled study on the effects of individual differences on training success. BMC Geriatrics, 22, Article 581. doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-03201-5.
    • Gökçe, E., Stojan, R., Mack, M., Bock, O., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2022). Lifestyle matters: Effects of habitual physical activity on driving skills in older age. Brain Sciences, 12 (6). doi: 10.3390/brainsci12050608.
    Abstracts in Digital Collections (Conferences)
    • Mack, M., Stojan, R., Bock, O., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2022). The effects of executive functions and physical fitness on street crossing behavior during multitasking in older adults. in Modularität in der motorischen Kontrolle: Tagungsband

    2021

    Research Articles (Journals)
    • Stojan, R., Kaushal, N., Bock, O.L., Hudl, N., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2021). Benefits of Higher Cardiovascular and Motor Coordinative Fitness on Driving Behavior Are Mediated by Cognitive Functioning: A Path Analysis. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 13. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2021.686499.
    • O., B., Stojan, R., Wechsler, K., Mack, M., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2021). Distracting tasks have persisting effects on young and older drivers’ braking performance. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 161. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2021.106363.
    • Stojan, R., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2021). Neurophysiological Correlates of Age Differences in Driving Behavior During Concurrent Subtask Performance. NeuroImage, 225. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117492.
    Abstracts in Digital Collections (Conferences)
    • Stojan, R., Mack, M., Bock, O., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2021). The Importance of maintaining motor and cardiovascular fitness for better driving performance among older adults.. 53. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie, Tübingen (online).
    • Mack, M., Stojan, R., Bock, O., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2021). The association of cognitive, motor, and cardiovascular fitness with street crossing performance under multitasking conditions.. Society for Neuroscience, Digital Poster Presentation.
    • Stojan, R., Mack, M., Bock, O., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2021). Brain activation during dual task walking in older adults – a high-density fNIRS study.. Society for Neuroscience, Digital Poster Presentation.
    • Bock, O., Stojan, R., Mack, M., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2021). Persisting effects of multitasking on car drivers’ braking responses.. Society for Neuroscience, Digital Poster Presentation.

    2020

    Research Articles (Journals)
    • Stute, K., Hudl, N., Stojan, R., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2020). Shedding light on the effects of moderate acute exercise on working memory performance in healthy older adults: An fnirs study. Brain Sciences, 10 (11), 1–23. doi: 10.3390/brainsci10110813.
    Abstracts in Digital Collections (Conferences)
    • Stojan, R., Mack, M., Bock, O., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2020). Single vs. combined motor cognitive training effects on brain function during dual task walking.. SPP 1772 Summer School: training aspects related to multitasking, Breisach (Freiburg).
    • Stojan, R., Hudl, N., Stute, K., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2020). Training effects on brain activity during motor-cognitive dual-tasking in a virtual environment in older adults.. 52. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie, Salzburg (online Konferenz).
    • Stojan, R., Hudl, N., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2020). Training effects on hemodynamic responses to concurrent subtasks while driving in older adults.. Mobile Brain/Body Imaging (MoBI), San Diego.
    • Mack, M., Stojan, R., Bock, O., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2020). The influence of external task constraints on cognitive-motor interference and task prioritization in older adults.. SPP 1772 Summer School: training aspects related to multitasking, Breisach, Deutschland.

    2019

    Research Articles (Journals)
    • Stojan, R., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2019). A Systematic Review on the Cognitive Benefits and Neurophysiological Correlates of Exergaming in Healthy Older Adults. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 8 (5). doi: 10.3390/jcm8050734.
    Abstracts in Digital Collections (Conferences)
    • Stojan, R., Hudl, N., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2019). Applying functional near-infrared spectroscopy in ecologically valid virtual scenarios.. 51st Annual meeting of the German Society for Sport Psychology, Halle (Saale), Deutschland.
    • Stojan, R., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2019). Hemodynamic activity while driving and conducting secondary tasks in younger and older adults.. 49th Annual Meeting of the Society of Neuroscience, Chicago, USA.

    2018

    • Rudisch, J., Zwingmann, K., Stojan, R., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2018). Exergaming at a self-selected intensity does not immediately improve working memory and task switching.. 50th Annual meeting of the German Society for Sport Psychology, Köln, Deutschland.
    • Stojan, R., Rudisch, J., Zwingmann, K., Fröhlich, S., Janouch, C., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2018). Hemodynamic Correlates of Additional Task Loads In An Ecologically Valid Driving Scenario.. 50th Annual meeting of the German Society for Sport Psychology, Köln, Deutschland.
    • Stojan, R., Rudisch, J., Zwingmann, K., Fröhlich, S., Janouch, C., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2018). Hemodynamic correlates of additional cognitive and motor tasks during driving in a virtual environment.. 51st Conference of the German Psychological Society, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland.
    • Zwingmann, K., Stojan, R., Rudisch, J., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2018). Acute exergaming effects on cognitive performance.. 51st Conference of the German Psychological Society, Frankfurt am Main.
    • Rudisch, J., Zwingmann, K., Stojan, R., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2018). Using Exergaming for Combining Cognitive Training and Cardiorespiratory Exercise.. 51st Conference of the German Psychological Society, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland.

    2017

    Research Articles (Journals)
    • Stojan, R. (2017). Sport Psychology Digest Sportpsychologie Digest. Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie, 24 (2), 83. doi: 10.1026/1612-5010/a000195.
    • Stojan, R. (2017). Exergaming: Eine Interventionsmethode zum Erhalt der geistigen Fitness im Alter? Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie, 24. doi: 10.1026/1612-5010/a000195.
    Abstracts in Digital Collections (Conferences)
    • Stojan, R., Koester, D., & Schack, T. (2017). Neurophysiological correlates of the interaction between language processing and motor control.. 59th Conference of Experimental Psychologists, Dresden, Deutschland.

    2016

    • Stojan, R., Koester, D., & Schack, T. (2016). Neurophysiologische Korrelate der Interaktion von Sprachwahrnehmung und motorischer Kontrolle.. 48. Jahrestagung der deutschen Gesellschaft für Sportpsychologie, Münster, Deutschland.
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