Research

The focus of my current research is on the cognitive and neural dynamics of memory, decision making, and attention, including (i) conflict adaptation and cognitive control in memory and attention, (ii) intentional forgetting, (iii) context-dependent memory, retrieval-induced context changes, and the reset-of-encoding hypothesis, (iv) test-enhanced learning in healthy and clinical populations, (v) the interaction of cognition and emotion in decision making, and (vi) the interplay of controlled and automatic processes in response-conflict tasks.

Teaching

Summer Term 2013

Seminar - Bachelor: Memory
Seminar - Master: EEG Data Analysis

Winter Term 2012/2013

Seminar - Bachelor: Decision Making
Practical Course - Bachelor: Intentional Forgetting

Publications

Pastötter, B., Weber, J., & Bäuml, K.-H.T. (2013). Using testing to improve learning after severe traumatic brain injury. Neuropsychology, 27, 280-285.
Kliegl, O., Pastötter, B., & Bäuml, K.-H.T. (2013). List-method directed forgetting can be selective: Evidence from the 3-list and the 2-list tasks. Memory & Cognition, 41, 452-464.
Pastötter, B., Gleixner, S., Neuhauser, T., & Bäuml, K.-H.T. (2013). To push or not to push? Affective influences on moral judgment depend on decision frame. Cognition, 126, 373-377.
Pastötter, B., Kliegl, O., & Bäuml, K.-H.T. (2012). List-method directed forgetting: The forget cue improves both encoding and retrieval of postcue information. Memory & Cognition, 40, 861-873.
Pastötter, B., Berchtold, F., & Bäuml, K.-H.T. (2012). Oscillatory correlates of controlled speed-accuracy tradeoff in a response-conflict task. Human Brain Mapping, 33, 1834-1849.
Pastötter, B., Schicker, S., Niedernhuber, J., & Bäuml, K.-H.T. (2011). Retrieval during learning facilitates subsequent memory encoding. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 37, 287-297.
Pastötter, B., & Bäuml, K.-H.T. (2010). Retrieval inhibition in autobiographical memory. In J.H. Mace (Ed.), The act of remembering: Toward an understanding of how we recall the past (pp. 202–227). Wiley-Blackwell.
Bäuml, K.-H., Pastötter, B., & Hanslmayr, S. (2010). Binding and inhibition in episodic memory - Cognitive, emotional, and neural processes. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 34, 1047-1054.
Pastötter, B., Hanslmayr, S., & Bäuml, K.-H.T. (2010). Conflict processing in the anterior cingulate cortex constrains response priming. NeuroImage, 50, 1599-1605.
Pastötter, B., & Bäuml, K.-H. (2010). Amount of postcue encoding predicts amount of directed forgetting. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 36, 54-65.
Kuhbandner, C., Hanslmayr, S., Maier, M.A., Pekrun, R., Spitzer, B., Pastötter, B., & Bäuml, K.-H. (2009). Effects of mood on the speed of conscious perception: behavioral and electrophysiological evidence. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 4, 286-293.
Hanslmayr, S., Leipold, P., Pastötter, B., & Bäuml, K.-H. (2009). Anticipatory signatures of voluntary memory suppression. The Journal of Neuroscience, 29, 2742-2747.
Pastötter, B., Bäuml, K.-H., & Hanslmayr, S. (2008). Oscillatory brain activity before and after an internal context change - Evidence for a reset of encoding processes. NeuroImage, 43, 173-181.
Bäuml, K.-H., Hanslmayr, S., Pastötter, B., & Klimesch, W. (2008). Oscillatory correlates of intentional updating in episodic memory. NeuroImage, 41, 596-604.
Hanslmayr, S., Pastötter, B., Bäuml, K.-H., Gruber, S., Wimber, M., & Klimesch, W. (2008). The electrophysiological dynamics of interference during the Stroop task. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20, 215-225.
Pastötter, B., Hanslmayr, S., & Bäuml, K.-H. (2008). Inhibition of return arises from inhibition of response processes: An analysis of oscillatory beta activity. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20, 65-75.
Pastötter, B., & Bäuml, K.-H. (2007). The crucial role of postcue encoding in directed forgetting and context-dependent forgetting. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 33, 977-982.
Aslan, A., Bäuml, K.-H. & Pastötter, B. (2007). No inhibitory deficit in older adults’ episodic memory. Psychological Science, 18, 72-78.

Talks and Posters (as presenting author)

Pastötter, B., & Bäuml, K.-H.T. (2013). Using testing to improve learning after severe traumatic brain injury. 55. TeaP, Vienna, Austria. [talk]
Pastötter, B. (2013). Oscillatory dynamics of cognitive control and the processing of response conflict. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany. [talk, invited]
Pastötter, B., Kliegl, O., & Bäuml, K.-H.T. (2012). Selectivity of directed forgetting in multiple-list learning. 54. TeaP, Mannheim, Germany. [talk]
Pastötter, B., & Bäuml, K.-H.T. (2011). List-method directed forgetting: How the forget cue affects items’ serial position curves. 52^nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Seattle, Washington, USA. [poster]
Pastötter, B., Kliegl, O., & Bäuml, K.-H.T. (2011). Beneficial memory effects of directed forgetting: An update of the two-mechanism account. 5^th International Conference on Memory, York, England. [talk]
Pastötter, B. (2011). Intentional forgetting: Retrieval inhibition of outdated memories. 17^th Annual German-American Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium, Irvine, California, USA. [poster, invited]
Pastötter, B., Kliegl, O., & Bäuml, K.-H.T. (2011). Nutzeneffekte beim gerichteten Vergessen: ein Update des Zwei-Mechanismen-Modells. 53. TeaP, Halle, Germany. [talk]
Pastötter, B., & Bäuml, K.-H.T. (2010). Wie Abrufprozesse die Enkodierung nachfolgend gelernter Information verbessern: eine Analyse oszillatorischer Gehirnaktivität. 52. TeaP, Saarbrücken, Germany. [talk]
Pastötter, B., & Bäuml, K.-H. (2009). Testing during learning facilitates encoding of new information. 50^th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [poster]
Pastötter, B., & Bäuml, K.-H. (2009). Postcue encoding in directed forgetting: The more you learn, the more you forget. 51. TeaP, Jena, Germany. [talk]
Pastötter, B., & Bäuml, K.-H. (2008). Directed forgetting: The role of amount and strength of postcue encoding. 49^th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, Illinois, USA. [poster]
Pastötter, B., Hanslmayr, S., & Bäuml, K.-H. (2008). Oscillatory brain activity during encoding predicts beneficial and detrimental effects of an internal context change. 29^th International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany. [talk]
Pastötter, B., Hanslmayr, S., & Bäuml, K.-H. (2007). Two separate mechanisms predict forgetting and enhancement in the context-change paradigm: An analysis of oscillatory brain activity. 15^th ESCoP Conference, Marseille, France. [poster]
Pastötter, B., Bäuml, K.-H., Hanslmayr, S., & Klimesch, W. (2006). Two distinct physiological mechanisms predict costs and benefits in directed forgetting. 32^nd Annual Meeting of the German Society of Psychophysiology and its Applications (DGPA), Dresden, Germany. [poster]
Pastötter, B., Hanslmayr, S., Bäuml, K.-H., & Klimesch, W. (2006). Vergessen um zu erinnern? Zur Unabhängigkeit von Kosten und Nutzen beim gerichteten Vergessen. 48. TeaP, Mainz, Germany. [poster]
Pastötter, B., Elsner, T., & Bäuml, K.-H. (2005). Ist geteiltes Leid halbes Leid? Wie sich Hemmung auf interferierende Items verteilt. 47. TeaP, Regensburg, Germany. [poster]

Grants

2010-2013

Selectivity of Intentional Forgetting

with Karl-Heinz T. Bäuml

People can intentionally forget irrelevant memories when cued to do so. In a series of experiments, we examine the extent to which such intentional forgetting can be directed to specific (irrelevant) target episodes, preventing related, but relevant memories from unwanted forgetting. The results will shed light on the nature of the mechanisms underlying intentional forgetting.

CV

Education	October, 2004	Diploma in Psychology (University of Regensburg)
Education	January, 2008	Ph.D. in Psychology (University of Regensburg) Thesis: Updating processes in episodic memory
Professional Experience	2005 – 2008	Research Assistant at Psychology Department (Head: K.-H. T. Bäuml, University of Regensburg)
Professional Experience	2008 - now	Post-Doctoral Position at Psychology Department (Head: K.-H. T. Bäuml, University of Regensburg)

Ad hoc Reviewer for

Biological Psychology / Brain and Cognition / Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology / Cerebral Cortex / Chemical Senses / Emotion / Experimental Psychology / International Journal of Psychophysiology / Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience / Journal of Cognitive Psychology / Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied / Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition / Journal of the American Aging Association / Memory / Memory & Cognition / NeuroImage / Neuropsychologia / Psicothema / Psychonomic Bulletin & Review / Psychophysiology / Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology