New PhD opportunity: @bjoherrmann (Rotman Research) and @ObleserLab at @UniLuebeck, Germany, have a @dfg_public-funded 3‑year PhD position! (neural dynamics, temporal expectation, ageing). Apply now until July 12! Please RT widely/alert your MSc/RAs. https://t.co/gphGf8Xx4c pic.twitter.com/GneEmTGvaP — Jonas Obleser (@jonasobleser) June 26,…
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New paper in press in Neuropsychologia
Wöstmann, Lui, Friese, Kreitewolf, Naujokat and Obleser demonstrate that the vulnerability of working memory to auditory distraction is rhythmic. Previous research has shown that the attentional sampling of target stimuli is rhythmic at ~3–8 Hz (e.g. Fiebelkorn et al. 2013; Landau &…
We are hiring! 4‑y postdoctoral position
There is now an opening for an up-to-4-year (!) postdoc position in my lab for late summer/fall. Join us in Lübeck, Germany, and do cool behavioural and neuroscience on neural dynamics, ageing, sensory decline with us! The application deadline (as…
New members in the Obleser lab
In the Obleser lab, we welcome new members and PhD students Martin Orf and Troby Lui. Martin did his MSc in Audiology Technology here at the University of Lübeck. He is now joining us for PhD project funded generously by…
New paper in press in elife: Waschke et al.
Obleserlab senior PhD student Leo Waschke, alongside co-authors Sarah Tune and Jonas Obleser, has a new paper in eLife. The processing of sensory information from our environment is not constant but rather varies with changes in ongoing brain activity, or…
Jonas appointed as Reviewing editor to eLife
I am honoured to have been asked to join the editorial board of eLife, a journal I very much honour for their fresh approach to excellent scientific publishing. eLife is a publishing initiative by the Max Planck Society, the Wellcome…
Mohsen Alavash and Sarah Tune win science award
Congratulations to AC postdocs Mohsen Alavash and Sarah Tune for receiving the science award of the University of Lübeck. Each year the university honors an outstanding scientific publication with this award. We are proud that Sarah and Mohsen were awarded…
New paper in press in the Journal of Neuroscience
Wöstmann, Alavash and Obleser demonstrate that alpha oscillations in the human brain implement distractor suppression independent of target selection. In theory, the ability to selectively focus on relevant objects in our environment bases on selection of targets and suppression of…