Publications

Godde B, Dadashev L, & Karim AA (2020) Effects of tDCS on Tactile Perception Depend on Tactile Expertise in Both Musicians and Non-Musicians. Brain Sci. 2020, 10(11), 843; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10110843.

Dimulescu, A., Schreier, M., & Godde, B. (2020). EEG Resting Activity in Highly Sensitive and Non-Highly Sensitive Persons. Journal of European Psychology Students, 11(1), 32–40. doi: https://doi.org/10.5334/jeps.486

Khalil, R., Karim, A. A., Kondinska, A., & Godde, B. (2020). Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation of left and right inferior frontal gyrus on creative divergent thinking are moderated by changes in inhibition control. Brain structure & function, 225(6), 1691–1704. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-020-02081-y

Zwingmann, K., Hübner, L., Verwey, W. B., Barnhoorn, J. S., Godde, B., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2020). Regular participation in leisure time activities and high cardiovascular fitness improve motor sequence learning in older adults. Psychological research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-020-01351-y

Glinka, K., Staudinger, U. M., Voelcker-Rehage, C., and Godde, B. (2019) Neural processing of arousing emotional information is associated with executive functioning in older adults. Emotion, 20(4): 541-556. doi: 10.1037/emo0000560.

Winneke AH, Hübner L, Godde B, Voelcker-Rehage C (2019) Moderate Cardiovascular Exercise Speeds Up Neural Markers of Stimulus Evaluation During Attentional Control Processes. J Clin Med 8(9). pii: E1348. doi: 10.3390/jcm8091348.

Khalil R, Godde B, Karim AA (2019) The link between creativity, cognition, and creative drives and underlying neural mechanisms. Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 13:18.

Hübner, L., Vieluf, S., Godde, B. and Voelcker-Rehage C. (2019) Explaining individual differences in fine motor performance and learning in older adults: the contribution of muscle strength and cardiovascular fitness. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 27(5), pp. 725-738. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.2018-0289

Reuter EM, Vieluf S, Koutsandreou F, Hübner L, Budde H, Godde B and Voelcker-Rehage C (2019) A non-linear relationship between selective attention and associated ERP markers across the lifespan. Front. Psychol. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00030.

Baarnholm J, Panzer S, Godde B, Verwey W (2018) Training motor sequences: effects of speed and accuracy instructions. J Motor Behav, Published online: 05 Nov 2018.

Hübner, L., Godde, B., Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2018) Acute Exercise as an Intervention to Trigger Motor Performance and EEG Beta Activity in Older Adults. Neural Plasticity, Volume 2018, Article ID 4756785.

Godde B, Bruns P, Wendel V, Trautmann M (2018) Effects of age and individual experiences on tactile perception over the life span in women. Acta Psychologica, 190, 135-141.

Vieluf S, Mora K, Gölz C, Reuter EM, Godde B, Dellnitz M, Reinsberger C, & Voelcker-Rehage C (2018) Age- and expertise related differences of sensorimotor network dynamics during force control. Neuroscience, 388, pp. 203-213.

Gölz C, Voelcker-Rehage C, Mora K, Reuter E-M, Godde B, Dellnitz M, Reinsberger C and Vieluf S (2018) Improved Neural Control of Movements Manifests in Expertise-Related Differences in Force Output and Brain Network Dynamics. Front. Physiol. 9:1540. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01540

Hunter, M., Godde, B., Olk, B. (2018) Effects of absolute luminance and luminance contrast on visual search in low mesopic environments. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 80(5), 1265-1277.

Hübner, L., Godde, B., Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2018) Older adults reveal enhanced task-related beta power decreases during a force modulation task. Behavioural Brain Research 345, 104-113.

Godde B, Trautmann M, Erhard P, Voelcker-Rehage C (2018) Motor practice in a force modulation task in young and middle-aged adults. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 38: 224-231.

Papegaaij S, Hortobágyi T, Godde B, Kaan WA, Erhard P, Voelcker-Rehage C (2017) Neural correlates of motor-cognitive dual-tasking in young and old adults. PLoS ONE, 12(12): e0189025.

Oltmanns J, Richter G, Godde B, Staudinger UM (2017) Gesund altern am Band: Karrieredesign für Produktionsmitarbeiter in der Industrie. In: Hecker C, Richter G, Hinz A (Eds) Produktionsarbeit in Deutschland – mit alternden Belegschaften. pp 59-84. Erich Schmidt Verlag, Berlin.

Access the recommendation on F1000Prime Godde B, Voelcker-Rehage C (2017) Cognitive resources necessary for motor control in older adults are reduced by walking and coordination training. Front Human Neurosci, 11:156. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00156.

Vieluf S, Sleimen-Malkoun R, Voelcker-Rehage C, Jirsa V, Reuter EM, Godde B, Temprado J-J, Huys R (2017) Dynamical signatures of isometric force control as a function of age, expertise, and task constraints. J Neurophysiol, 31(2): 49-66.

Oltmanns J, Godde B, Winneke AH, Richter G, Niemann C, Voelcker-Rehage C, Schömann K, Staudinger UM (2017) Don’t Lose Your Brain at Work – The Role of Recurrent Novelty at Work in Cognitive and Brain Aging. Front. Psychol., 8: 117. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00117.

Khalil L, Godde B, Karim AA (2017) Transcranial cortex stimulation, neuroplasticity and learning: An experimental and computational study. Clinical Neurophysiology, 128(3), e53-54. DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2016.10.218.

Hunter M, Godde B, Olk B (2017) Effects of Absolute Luminance and Luminance Contrast on Visual Discrimination in Low Mesopic Environments. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 79(1), 243–252; DOI: 10.3758/s13414-016-1219-z.

Trautmann M, Wendel V, Prinz D, Primmel B, Willging G, Nagorsen E, Suckert A, Gehm S, Brandt M, Ballay P, Godde B (2017) Not only age but also tactile perception influences the preference for cosmetic creams applied to the forearm. Int Journal Cosmetic Sci, 39(3): 344-350. DOI: 10.1111/ics.12382.

Reuter, E., Voelcker-Rehage C, Vieluf, S., Parianen Lesemann, F.H., Godde, B. (2017) The P3 parietal-to-frontal shift relates to age-related slowing in a selective attention task. J Psychophysiology, 118(1): 176-186. DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803/a000167

Oltmanns J, Richter G, Godde B, Staudinger UM (2016) Healthy aging at work. In: Wiencke M et al. (Eds) Healthy at work, Springer, Switzerland. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-32331-2_6.

Voelcker-Rehage C, Niemann C, Hübner L, Godde B, Winneke AH (2016) Benefits of Physical Activity and Fitness for Lifelong Cognitive and Motor Development – Brain and Behavior. In: Raab M, Wylleman P, Seiler R, Elbe AM, Hatzigeorgiadis A (Eds.) Sport and Exercise Psychology Research: From Theory to Practice, Elsevier.

Voelcker-Rehage C, Niemann C, Godde B. (2016) The Chronic Exercise-Cognition Interaction in the Elderly. In: Exercise-Cognition Interaction, McMorris T (Ed), Academic Press.

Godde B, Voelcker-Rehage C, Olk B (2016) Einführung Gerontopsychologie. Reinhardt-Verlag.

Niemann C, Godde B, Voelcker-Rehage C (2016) Senior dance experience, cognitive performance and brain volume in older women. Neural Plasticity, Volume 2016, Article ID 9837321; DOI: 10.1155/2016/9837321.

Voelcker-Rehage C, Jeltsch A, Godde B, Becker S, Staudinger UM (2015) COMT gene polymorphisms, cognitive performance, and physical fitness in older adults. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 20, 20-28.

Vieluf, S., Godde, B., Reuter, E., Temprado, J.-J., Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2015) Practice Effects in Bimanual Force Control: Does Age Matter? Journal of Motor Behavior, 47(1):57-72; DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2014.981499.

Parianen Lesemann, F.H., Reuter, E., Godde, B. (2015) Tactile stimulation interventions: Influence of stimulation parameters on sensorimotor behavior and neurophysiological correlates in healthy and clinical samples. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 51:126-137; DOI:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2015.01.005.

Niemann, C., Godde, B., Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2014) Exercise induced changes in basal ganglia volume and cognition in older adults. Neuroscience, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.09.033.

Niemann, C., Godde, B., Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2014) Not only cardiovascular, but also coordinative exercise increases hippocampal volume in older adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 6, 170. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00170.

Reuter, E., Voelcker-Rehage, C., Vieluf, S., & Godde, B. (2014). Effects of age and expertise on tactile learning in humans. European Journal of Neuroscience, 40(3), 2589–2599. DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12629.

Reuter, E., Voelcker-Rehage, C., Vieluf, S., Winneke, A. H., & Godde, B. (2014). Extensive occupational finger use of fingers delays age-effects in tactile perception – an ERP study. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 76(4), 1160-1175. DOI: 10.3758/s13414-014-0634-2

Vieluf, S., Godde, B., Reuter, E., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2013) Effects of age and fine motor expertise on the bilateral deficit in force initiation. Exp Brain Res, 231(1): 107-116.

Reuter E, Voelcker-Rehage C, Vieluf S., Winneke AH, & Godde B (2013). A parietal-to-frontal shift in the P300 is associated with compensation of tactile discrimination deficits in late middle-aged adults. Psychophysiology, 50(6), 583-593. DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12037

Voelcker-Rehage, C.; Reuter, E.; Vieluf, S.; Godde, B. (2013). Influence of age and expertise on manual dexterity in the work context – The Bremen-Hand-Study@Jacobs. In: Schlick CM, Frieling E, Wegge J (Hrsg.) Age-differentiated Work Systems. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-35057-3_17.

Vieluf, S., Godde, B., Reuter, E., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2013). Age-related differences in finger force control are characterized by reduced force production. Experimental Brain Research, 224(1), 107-117. DOI: 10.1007/s00221-012-3292-4.

Vieluf, S., Mahmoodi, J., Godde, B., Reuter, E. M., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2012) The influence of age and work-related expertise on fine motor control. GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry, 25(4), 199-206. doi: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000071

Winneke, A.H., Godde, B., Reuter, E. M., Vieluf, S., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2012) The association between physical activity and attentional control in younger and older middle-aged adults: an ERP study. GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry, 25(4), 207-221. doi: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000072.

Reuter, E. M., Voelcker-Rehage, C., Vieluf, S., & Godde, B. (2012). Touch perception throughout working life: Effects of age and expertise. Experimental Brain Research.Experimentelle Hirnforschung.Experimentation Cerebrale, 216(2), 287-297. doi:10.1007/s00221-011-2931-5

Godde B. & Lorist MM (2012). Successful aging – from individual differences to personalized interventions? Gerontologist, 52(Suppl 1), 299-299.

Godde B. & Voelcker-Rehage C (2012). Coginitive resources necessary for motor control in older adults are freed up after one year of physical exercise training. Gerontologist, 52(Suppl 1), 299-299.

Voelcker-Rehage C, Jeltsch A, Godde B., Staudinger U (2012). COMT polymorphisms influence the association between physical and congitive fitness in older adults. Gerontologist, 52(Suppl 1), 299-299.

Dolge, K., Staudinger, U. M., Voelcker-Rehage, C., & Godde, B. (2011). Biological brain aging accounts for a reduction in the negativity bias in older adults. Journal of Psychophysiology, 25, 34-34.

Glinka K & Godde B (2011) Emotionen und Altern [Emotions and Aging]. Z Med Psychol, 20(4), 159-169.

Fruhholz, S., Godde, B., Finke, M., & Herrmann, M. (2011). Spatio-temporal brain dynamics in a combined stimulus-stimulus and stimulus-response conflict task. NeuroImage, 54(1), 622-634. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.07.071

Fruhholz, S., Godde, B., Lewicki, P., Herzmann, C., & Herrmann, M. (2011). Face recognition under ambiguous visual stimulation: FMRI correlates of “encoding styles”. Human Brain Mapping, 32(10), 1750-1761. doi:10.1002/hbm.21144; 10.1002/hbm.21144

Godde, B., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2011). High- and low-fit older adults differ in the cortical resources expended on locomotion – a motor imagery study. Journal of Psychophysiology, 25, 13-13.

Trautmann, M., Voelcker-Rehage, C., & Godde, B. (2011). Fit between workers’ competencies and job demands as predictor for job performance over the work career. Zeitschrift Fuer Arbeitsmarktforschung, 44(4), 339-347. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12651-011-0078-2

Staudinger UM, Godde B, Heidemeier H, Schömann K, Stamov-Rossnagel C, Voelcker-Rehage C, Voelpel S (Eds) Den demografischen Wandel meistern: Eine Frage der Passung. Ergebnisse des „demopass“ Projekts. W. Bertelsmann Verlag, Bielefeld (2011).

Trautmann M, Godde B, Voelcker-Rehage C (2011) Alter und Altern im Kontext der Arbeit. In: Staudinger UM, Godde B, Heidemeier H, Kudielka BM, Schömann K, Stamov-Rossnagel C, Voelcker-Rehage C, Voelpel S (Eds), Eine Frage der Passung. Ergebnisse des „demopass“ Projekts. W. Bertelsmann Verlag, Bielefeld.

Voelcker-Rehage, C., Godde, B., & Staudinger, U. M. (2011). Effects of different exercise interventions on cognitive functioning in older adults. Journal of Psychophysiology, 25, 29-29.

Voelcker-Rehage, C., Godde, B., & Staudinger, U. M. (2011). Cardiovascular and coordination training differentially improve cognitive performance and neural processing in older adults. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 5(26) doi:10.3389/fnhum.2011.00026

Godde, B., Diamond, M. E., & Braun, C. (2010). Feeling for space or for time: Task-dependent modulation of the cortical representation of identical vibrotactile stimuli. Neuroscience Letters, 480(2), 143-147. doi:DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.06.027

Godde, B., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2010). More automation and less cognitive control of imagined walking movements in high versus low fit older adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2(139) doi:10.3389/fnagi.2010.00139

Voelcker-Rehage, C., Godde, B., & Staudinger, U. M. (2010). Physical and motor fitness are both related to cognition in old age. European Journal of Neuroscience, 31(1), 167-176. doi:10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.07014.x

Voelcker-Rehage, C., & Godde, B. (2010). High frequency sensory stimulation improves tactile but not motor performance in older adults. Motor Control, 14(4), 460-477.

Langner, G., Dinse, H. R., & Godde, B. (2009). A map of periodicity orthogonal to frequency representation in the cat auditory cortex. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 3(27) doi:10.3389/neuro.07.027.2009

Trautmann, M., Voelcker-Rehage, C., & Godde, B. (2009). Fit between workers’ competencies and job demands as predictor for job satisfaction and productivity over the work career. Gerontologist, 49(Suppl 2), 43-43.

Voelcker-Rehage, C., Godde, B., & Staudinger, U. (2009). Cardiovascular and coordination training differ in their effect on cognitive performance in older adults. Gerontologist, 49(Suppl 2), 314-314.

Voelcker-Rehage, C., Godde, B., & Staudinger, U. M. (2008). Motor fitness is related to executive control processes in older adults. International Journal of Psychology, 43(3-4), 480-480.

Voelcker-Rehage, C., Godde, B., & Staudinger, U. M. (2008). Motor fitness is related to executive control processes in older adults. International Journal of Psychology, 43(3-4), 480-480.

Voelcker-Rehage, C., Godde, B., & Staudinger, U. M. (2008). Motor fitness is related to cognitive performance in older adults. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 30, S36-S36.

Voelcker-Rehage, C., Knop, A. F., Babanin, M., & Godde, B. (2008). Does high-frequency tactile stimulation improve manual dexterity in old adults? Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 30, S11-S12.

Voelcker-Rehage, C., Godde, B., & Staudinger, U. M. (2008). Motor fitness is related to executive control processes in older adults. International Journal of Psychology, 43(3-4), 480-480.

Karim, A. A., Schuler, A., Hegner, Y. L., Friedel, E., & Godde, B. (2006). Facilitating effect of 15-hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on tactile perceptual learning. The Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 18(9), 1577-1585.

Lange, R. K., Braun, C., & Godde, B. (2006). Coordinate processing during the left-to-right hand transfer investigated by EEG. Experimental Brain Research, 168(4), 547-556.

Voelcker-Rehage, C., Godde, B., & Staudinger, U. (2006). Bewegung, koerperliche und geistige mobilitaet im alter. Bundesgesundheitsblatt – Gesundheitsforschung – Gesundheitsschutz, 49(6), 558-566.

Voelcker-Rehage, C., Godde, B., & Staudinger, U. M. (2006). Activity, physical and psychological mobility in old age. [Bewegung, korperliche und geistige Mobilitat im Alter] Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz, 49(6), 558-566. doi:10.1007/s00103-006-1269-9

Godde, B., & Karim, A. A. (2005). Facilitating effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) on tactile discrimination learning. Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner.Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2005.Online,

Kreikemeier, K., Godde, B., Schmidt, K. F., Kaschube, M., Schnabel, M., Wolf, F., . . . Dinse, H. R. (2005). Space-time characteristics of orientation preference map (OPM) plasticity in visual cortex of adult cats. Neuro-Visions 2, , 180-181.

Hodzic, A., Veit, R., Karim, A. A., Erb, M., & Godde, B. (2004). Improvement and decline in tactile discrimination behavior after cortical plasticity induced by passive tactile coactivation. Journal of Neuroscience, 24(2), 442-446.

Lange, R. K., Godde, B., & Braun, C. (2004). EEG correlates of coordinate processing during intermanual transfer. Experimental Brain Research, 159(2), 161-171.

Pilz, K., Veit, R., Braun, C., & Godde, B. (2004). Effects of co-activation on cortical organization and discrimination performance. [miscellaneous article]. Neuroreport, 15(17), 2669-2672.

Dinse, H. R., Godde, B., Reuter, G., Cords, S. M., & Hilger, T. (2003). Auditory cortical plasticity under operation: Reorganization of auditory cortex induced by electric cochlear stimulation reveals adaptation to altered sensory input statistics. Speech Communication, 41(1), 201-219.

Godde, B., Ehrhardt, J., & Braun, C. (2003). Behavioral significance of input-dependent plasticity of human somatosensory cortex. Neuroreport, 14(4), 543-546.

Karim, A. A., Hodzic, A., Veit, R., & Godde, B. (2003). Reorganization of the human somatosensory cortex induced by passive tactile coactivation alters performance in spatial and temporal discrimination tasks. Journal of Psychophysiology, 17(3), 157-158.

Karim, A. A., Kammer, T., Lotze, M., Hinterberger, T., Godde, B., Cohen, L., & Birbaumer, N. (2003). Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on slow cortical potentials (SCP). Suppl Clin Neurophysiol, 56:331-7, 331-337.

Godde, B., Berkefeld, T., David-Jurgens, M., & Dinse, H. R. (2002). Age-related changes in primary somatosensory cortex of rats: Evidence for parallel degenerative and plastic-adaptive processes. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 26(7), 743-752.

Braun, C., Wilms, A., Schweizer, R., Godde, B., Preissl, H., & Birbaumer, N. (2000). Activity patterns of human somatosensory cortex adapt dynamically to stimulus properties. Neuroreport, 11(13), 2977-2980.

Godde, B., Stauffenberg, B., Spengler, F., & Dinse, H. R. (2000). Tactile coactivation-induced changes in spatial discrimination performance. Journal of Neuroscience, 20(4), 1597-1604.

Lotze, M., Erb, M., Flor, H., Huelsmann, E., Godde, B., & Grodd, W. (2000). fMRI evaluation of somatotopic representation in human primary motor cortex. NeuroImage, 11(5), 473-481.

Dinse, H. R., Godde, B., Hilger, T., Reuter, G., Cords, S. M., Lenarz, T., & Von Seelen, W. (1997). Optical imaging of cat auditory cortex cochleotopic selectivity evoked by acute electrical stimulation of a multi-channel cochlear implant. European Journal of Neuroscience, 9(1), 113-119.

Dinse, H. R., Godde, B., Hilger, T., Reuter, G., Cords, S. M., Lenarz, T., & vonSeelen, W. (1996). Visualization of cat auditory cortical functional organization after electrical stimulation with a multichannel cochlear implant by means of optical imaging. Visualization in Biomedical Computing, 1131, 483-488.

Godde, B., Spengler, F., & Dinse, H. R. (1996). Associative pairing of tactile stimulation induces somatosensory cortical reorganization in rats and humans. Neuroreport, 8(1), 281-285.

Dinse, H. R., Godde, B., Zepka, R., Shuishi-Haupt, S., Spengler, F., & Hilger, T. (1995). Short-term functional reorganization of cortical and thalamic representations and its implication for information processing. Advances in Neurology, 73, 195-178.

Godde, B., Hilger, T., Von Seelen, W., Berkefeld, T., & Dinse, H. R. (1995). Optical imaging of rat somatosensory cortex reveals representational overlap as topographic principle. Neuroreport, 7(1), 24-28.

Spengler, F., Godde, B., & Dinse, H. R. (1995). Effects of ageing on topographic organization of somatosensory cortex. Neuroreport, 6(3), 469-473.