Dr. Robert Stojan

Dr. Robert Stojan

Wilhelm-Schickard-Str. 8, room C1.0.11
48149 Münster

T: +49 251 83-32458

Consultation Hours

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Academic Profile

  • 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

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

    Honors

    Dissertation Prize of the Faculty of Psychology/Sport and Exercise Sciences – University of Münster
    Trainee Professional Development Award (TPDA) – Society for Neuroscience (SfN)
    Reisestipendium – Internationales Universitätszentrum der TU Chemnitz (IUZ)
    Landesinnovationspromotion – Europäischer Sozialfonds (ESF) & Freistaat Sachsen
    Forschungsstipendium – International Promovieren TU Chemnitz (InProTUC)
    asp Studienpreis – Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie in Deutschland (asp)

  • Teaching

    • Seminar: Physical Training in Health Groups - Parkinsons patients [071547]
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    • Seminar: Neuroscience, Cognition, and Motor Performance [079540]
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    • Seminar: Physical Training in Health Groups - Parkinsons patients [077547]

  • Publications

    • , , , , & (). 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.
    • (). 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.
    • , & (). Bewegung und Kognition - Geistige Fitness durch körperliche Aktivität fördern. Weiterbildung, 2024-01.
    • , , , & (). Physical and cognitive training interventions to improve everyday-like dual-task driving behavior in older adults. in Dirk, K., Lina, K., Leonard, F., Jannik, E., Fritz, W., & Andreas, M. (eds.), Methodenvielfalt: Lebendigkeit in Theorie und Praxis (Abstractband zur 56. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie) (p. 123–123). Selbstverlag / Eigenverlag.

    • , , , & (). 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.
    • , , , & (). 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.
    • , , , & (). Frontal brain activation during everyday like motor-cognitive tasks in older adults – neural inefficiency or compensation? Aging and Cognition 2023, Leuven.

    • , , , , & (). Lifestyle matters: Effects of habitual physical activity on driving skills in older age. Brain Sciences, 12 (6). doi: 10.3390/brainsci12050608.
    • , , , , & (). Health-related quality of life in school children and adolescents during corona pandemic based on changes in physical activity. 25. sportwissenschaftlicher Hochschultag der dvs, Kiel (online conference).
    • , , , & (). Higher physical fitness is positively associated with dual-task walking performance and brain activation in virtual reality in older adults. 25. sportwissenschaftlicher Hochschultag der dvs, Kiel (online).
    • , , , , & (). The relationship between amount of physical education and physical self-concept in children and adolescents during pandemic lockdown II. 25. sportwissenschaftlicher Hochschultag der dvs, Kiel (online conference).
    • , & (). 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)).
    • , , , & (). 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.
    • , , , & (). The effects of executive functions and physical fitness on street crossing behavior during multitasking in older adults. in Modularität in der motorischen Kontrolle: Tagungsband

    • , , , & (). The Importance of maintaining motor and cardiovascular fitness for better driving performance among older adults. 53. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie, Tübingen (online).
    • , , , & (). The association of cognitive, motor, and cardiovascular fitness with street crossing performance under multitasking conditions. Society for Neuroscience, Digital Poster Presentation.
    • , , , & (). Brain activation during dual task walking in older adults – a high-density fNIRS study. Society for Neuroscience, Digital Poster Presentation.
    • , , , & (). Persisting effects of multitasking on car drivers’ braking responses. Society for Neuroscience, Digital Poster Presentation.
    • , , , & (). Frontoparietal brain activation during dual-task walking is associated with cardiovascular and motor coordinative fitness. Society for Neuroscience, Chicago (online).
    • , , , , & (). 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.
    • , , , , & (). Distracting tasks have persisting effects on young and older drivers’ braking performance. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 161. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2021.106363.
    • , & (). Neurophysiological Correlates of Age Differences in Driving Behavior During Concurrent Subtask Performance. NeuroImage, 225. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117492.

    • , , , & (). 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).
    • , , , & (). 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).
    • , , & (). Training effects on hemodynamic responses to concurrent subtasks while driving in older adults. Mobile Brain/Body Imaging (MoBI), San Diego.
    • , , , & (). 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.
    • , , , & (). 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.

    • , , & (). Applying functional near-infrared spectroscopy in ecologically valid virtual scenarios. 51st Annual meeting of the German Society for Sport Psychology, Halle (Saale), Deutschland.
    • , & (). Hemodynamic activity while driving and conducting secondary tasks in younger and older adults. 49th Annual Meeting of the Society of Neuroscience, Chicago, USA.
    • , & (). 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.

    • , , , & (). 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.
    • , , , , , & (). Hemodynamic Correlates of Additional Task Loads In An Ecologically Valid Driving Scenario. 50th Annual meeting of the German Society for Sport Psychology, Köln, Deutschland.
    • , , , , , & (). 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.
    • , , , & (). Acute exergaming effects on cognitive performance. 51st Conference of the German Psychological Society, Frankfurt am Main.
    • , , , & (). Using Exergaming for Combining Cognitive Training and Cardiorespiratory Exercise. 51st Conference of the German Psychological Society, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland.

    • , , & (). Neurophysiological correlates of the interaction between language processing and motor control. 59th Conference of Experimental Psychologists, Dresden, Deutschland.
    • (). Exergaming: Eine Interventionsmethode zum Erhalt der geistigen Fitness im Alter? Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie, 24. doi: 10.1026/1612-5010/a000195.
    • (). Sport Psychology Digest Sportpsychologie Digest. Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie, 24 (2), 83. doi: 10.1026/1612-5010/a000195.

    • , , & (). Neurophysiologische Korrelate der Interaktion von Sprachwahrnehmung und motorischer Kontrolle. 48. Jahrestagung der deutschen Gesellschaft für Sportpsychologie, Münster, Deutschland.

  • Scientific Talks

    • Utesch, Till; Stojan, Robert : „Ne Eins im Zocken! Können Konsolen- und Computerspiele Teil des Schulalltags sein?“ Kinder-Uni Münster, Universität Münster, Münster, Deutschland, .
    • Stojan, Robert; Göcking, Tim : “Using fNIRS in virtual environments to study brain function during complex cognitive-motor behavior”. TwinBrain SUMMER SCHOOL 1.0, Piran, Slovenia, .
    • Stojan, Robert : „Grundlagen psychischer Erkrankungen und positive Wirkung körperlicher Aktivität auf die Krankheitsbewältigung“. 3. Lauf für seelische Gesundheit, Frankenberg, Deutschland, .