apl. Prof. Dr. habil. Maria Klatte, Dipl.-Psych.
SENIOR RESEARCH SCIENTIST
| Phone | +49 (0)631 / 205 3210 |
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| klatte(at)rhrk.uni-kl.de | |
| building | 57, Room 522 |
Curriculum Vitae
| since 2011 | apl. Professor at RPTU in Kaiserslautern (formerly TU Kaiserslautern), Cognitive and Developmental Psychology |
| 2010 | Privatdozent at the University of Kaiserslautern, Cognitive and Developmental Psychology |
| 2008-2009 | Senior researcher and lecturer at University of Kaiserslautern, Cognitive and Developmental Psychology |
| 2007-2008 | Senior researcher at the Parmenides Learning to Think Foundation, Parmenides Center for the Study of Thinking, Munich; Lecturer at University of Munich, Dept. of Developmental Psychology |
| 2007 | Habilitation (Dr. habil.) and Privatdozent University of Oldenbur, Dept. of Environmental Psychology |
| 2001-2007 | Senior researcher and lecturer at University of Oldenburg, Dept. of Environmental Psychology |
| 1997-1999 | Senior researcher and lecturer at University of Oldenburg, Dept. of Psychology |
| 1996-1997 | Post-doctoral researcher at the Graduate School Psychoacoustics, University of Oldenburg |
| 1992-1996 | PhD student at Dept. of Psychology and Graduate School Psychoacoustics, University of Oldenburg |
| 1991 | Diploma in Psychology, University of Oldenburg |
Current Project Grants
| 2019-2021 | Effects of task-irrelevant sounds on cognitive performance in children. Principal Investigators: Prof. Dr. Maria Klatte and Prof. Dr. Thomas Lachmann |
| 2018-2021 | AlphaDys - Was lässt sich aus Erkenntnissen der Forschung zu Lese-Rechtschreibstörungen für die Prävention und Intervention bei funktionalem Analphabetismus ableiten? Ein systematischer Review gemeinsam mit Prof. Dr. Thomas Lachmann und Dr. Kirstin Bergström; gefördert vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung |
| 2014 - 2017 | PD. Dr. Claudia Steinbrink und Prof. Dr. Thomas Lachmann; gefördert vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung im Rahmen des Förderprogrammes „Ursachenbezogene individuelle Diagnostik und Intervention bei umschriebenen Entwicklungsstörungen schulischer Fertigkeiten“ |
| 2011 - 2014 | Wirkungen von Fluglärm auf kognitive Entwicklung und Lebensqualität bei Grundschulkindern im Rhein-Main-Gebiet gemeinsam mit Dr. Markus Meis (Hörzentrum Oldenburg), Prof. Dr. Rainer Guski (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) und Prof. Dr. Thomas Lachmann; gefördert vom Land Hessen |
| 2009 - 2012 | PD Dr. Claudia Steinbrink und Prof. Dr. Thomas Lachmann; gefördert vom Innenministerium des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz |
Featured Publications
Spilski, J., Lercher, P., van Kempen, E., Giehl, C., Dzhambov, A., Klatte,M.,Schreckenberg, D. & EqualLife Sientific Team (2024, 29. August). The importance of traffic noise exposure among other exposome variables on children’s wellbeing: Results from three studies across three countries [proceeding]. 53rd International Congress & Exposition on Noise Control Engineering (INTER-NOISE), Nantes, France.
Leist, L., Belke, C., Kuhlmann, J., Benz, S., Haba, A., Schreckenberg, D., Spilski, J., Lachmann, T. & Klatte, M. (2024, 29. August). The role of noise as part of neighborhood quality and its impact on well-being in German preschoolers: Results from the Equal-Life project [proceeding]. 53rd International Congress & Exposition on Noise Control Engineering (INTER-NOISE), Nantes, France.
Breuer, C., Loh, K., Leist, L., Fremerey, S., Raake, A., Klatte, M., & Fels, J. (2022). Examining the Auditory Selective Attention Switch in a Child-Suited Virtual Reality Classroom Environment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(24), 16569. Download here
Leist, L., Reimers, C., Fremerey, S., Fels, J., Raake, A., Lachmann, T., & Klatte, M. (2022). Effects of binaural classroom noise scenarios on primary school children's speech perception and listening comprehension. Internoise 2022 - 51st International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering. Download here
Leist, L., Breuer, C., Yadav, M., Fremerey, S., Fels, J., Raake, A., Lachmann, T., Schlittmeier, S. J., & Klatte, M. (2022). Differential Effects of Task-Irrelevant Monaural and Binaural Classroom Scenarios on Children’s and Adults’ Speech Perception, Listening Comprehension, and Visual–Verbal Short-Term Memory. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(23), 15998. Download here
Konerding, M., Bergström, K., Lachmann, T. & Klatte, M. (2022). Schulische Förderung bei Lese-Rechtschreibschwierigkeiten mit Lautarium: Randomisierte Evaluationsstudie und Lehrkräftebefragung. Lernen und Lernstörungen, 11, CD009115. Download here
Georgi, M., Leist, L., Klatte, M., & Schlittmeier, S. J. (2022). Investigating the Disturbance Impact of Background Speech on Verbal and Visual-Spatial Short-Term Memory: On the Differential Contributions of Changing-State and Phonology to the Irrelevant Sound Effect. Auditory Perception & Cognition, 1-20. Download here
Kamp van, I., Persson Waye, K.; Kanninen, K.,… Klatte, M., … Lachmann, T., …. (2022). Early environmental quality and life-course mental health effects: The Equal-Life project. Environmental Epidemiology, 6, e183. Download here
Leist, L., Lachmann, T., Schlittmeier, S. J., Georgi, M., & Klatte, M. (2022). Irrelevant speech impairs serial recall of verbal but not spatial items in children and adults. Memory & Cognition, 1-14. Download here
Meinhardt-Injac, B., Imhof, M., Wetzel, N., Klatte, M. & Schlittmeier, S. (2022). The Irrelevant Sound Effect on serial recall is independent of age und cognitive control. Auditory Perception & Cognition. https://doi.org/10.1080/25742442.2022.2064692
Konerding, M., Bergström, K., Lachmann, T., & Klatte, M. (2021). Effects of the Computer-Based Grapho-Phonological Training Lautarium in Children with Developmental Dyslexia. Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie, 70, 333-355. Download here.
Vágvölgyi, R., Bergström, K., Bulajić, A., Klatte, M., Rüsseler, J., Grosche, M., Hüttig, F., Fernandes, T., & Lachmann, T. (2021). Functional illiteracy and developmental dyslexia: Looking for common roots. A systematic review. Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science, 5, 159-179. Download here
Konerding, M., Bergström, K., Lachmann, T. & Klatte, T. (2020). Effects of computerized grapho-phonological training on literacy acquisition and vocabulary knowledge in children with an immigrant background learning German as L2. Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science, 4, 367-383. Download here
Lachmann, T., Vágvölgyi, R., Bergström, K., Bulajic, A., Klatte, M., Fernandes, T., Grosche, M., Hüttig, F., Rüsseler, J. (2020). The similarities and differences between functional illiteracy and developmental dyslexia: A systematic review. International prospective register of systematic reviews. PROSPERO 2020 CRD42020156766. Download here.
Lachmann, T., Vágvölgyi, R., Bergström, K., Bulajić, A., & Klatte, M. (2020). A systematic review on functional illiteracy: Risk factors, cognitive profiles, prevention, and intervention. PROSPERO 2020, CRD42020179537. Download here
Klatte, M., Bergstroem, K., Steinbrink, C., Konderding, M., & Lachmann, T. (2018). Effects of the computer-based training program Lautarium on phonological awarness and reading and spelling abilities in German second-graders. In T. Lachmann, & T. Weis (eds.). Reading and dyslexia. Literacy Studies, 16, pp. 317-333. Cham: Springer. Download here
Klatte, M., Spilski, J., Mayerl, J., Möhler, U., Lachmann, T., & Bergström, K. (2016). Effects of aircraft noise on reading and quality of life in primary school children in Germany: Results from the NORAH study. Environment and Behavior, 49, 390–424. Download here
Bergström, K., Klatte, M., Steinbrink, C., & Lachmann, T. (2016). First and second language acquisition in German children attending a kindergarten immersion program: A combined longitudinal and cross-sectional study. Language Learning, 66, 386-418. Download here
Memberships and Affiliations
German Psychological Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie, DGPs)
Ad hoc reviews
Journal of Experimental Psychology, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Psychological Bulletin, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Experimental Psychology, Advances in Cognitive Psychology, Journal of Pediatric Neurology, Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie, Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft, Noise and Health, German Research Foundation (DFG).