Prof. Dr. phil. Thomas Goschke
CRC 940 Spokesperson; Professor (W3)
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
Phone: +49 (0)351 463-34695
E-Mail:
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.