apl. Prof. Dr. habil. Maria Klatte, Dipl.-Psych.

SENIOR RESEARCH SCIENTIST
Phone+49 (0)631 / 205 3210
emailklatte(at)rhrk.uni-kl.de
building57, Room 522

 

Curriculum Vitae

since 2011

apl. Professor at RPTU in Kaiserslautern (formerly TU Kaiserslautern), Cognitive and Developmental Psychology

2010Privatdozent at the University of Kaiserslautern, Cognitive and Developmental Psychology
2008-2009Senior researcher and lecturer at University of Kaiserslautern, Cognitive and Developmental Psychology
2007-2008Senior 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
2007Habilitation (Dr. habil.) and Privatdozent University of Oldenbur, Dept. of Environmental Psychology
2001-2007Senior researcher and lecturer at University of Oldenburg, Dept. of Environmental Psychology
1997-1999Senior researcher and lecturer at University of Oldenburg, Dept. of Psychology
1996-1997Post-doctoral researcher at the Graduate School Psychoacoustics, University of Oldenburg
1992-1996PhD student at Dept. of Psychology and Graduate School Psychoacoustics, University of Oldenburg
1991Diploma 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

2018-2021AlphaDys - 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 - 2014Wirkungen 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

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 Health19(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 Health19(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 & Cognitionhttps://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).