10/1998 - 04/2002: Electrical engineering
TFH-Bochum

• Otto, T., Rose, J. The open toolbox for behavioral research. Behav Res (2023). https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-023-02199-x
• Jentsch, V.L., Wolf. O.T., Otto, T., Merz, C.J. (2023). The impact of physical exercise on the consolidation of fear extinction memories. Psychophysiology, e14373.
• Wittek, N., Matsui, H., Behroozi, M., Otto, T., Wittek, K., Sarı, N., Stoecker, S., Letzner, S., Choudhary, V., Peterburs, J., & Güntürkün, O. (2021). Unihemispheric evidence accumulation in pigeons. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, 47(3), 303–316
• Klass, A., Otto, T., Tegenthoff, M., Lissek, S. (2021) The DA-antagonist Tiapride affects context-related extinction learning in a predictive learning task, but not initial forming of associations, or renewal. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 107465
• Manns, M., Otto, T., Salm, L. (2021) Pigeons show how meta-control enables decision-making in an ambiguous world. Sci Rep 11, 3838
• Behroozi M., Helluy X., Ströckens F., Gao M., Pusch R., Tabrik S., Tegenthoff M., Otto T., Axmacher N., Kumsta R., Moser D., Genc E., Güntürkün O. (2020). Event-related functional MRI of awake behaving pigeons at 7T. Nat Commun 11, 4715
• Pützer, A., Otto, T., Wolf, O.T. (2019). Odors Are More Sensitive to Evaluative Conditioning than Sounds. Chemosensory Perception. 12, 135-146.
• Langer, K., Moser, D., Otto, T., Wolf, O.T., Kumsta, R. (2019). Cortisol modulates the engagement of multiple memory systems: Exploration of a common NR3C2 polymorphism. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 107, 133-140. (IF 4.731)
• Dierolf, A.M., Schoofs, D. Hessas, E.-M. Falkenstein, M., Otto, T., Paul, M., Suchan, B., Wolf, O.T. (in press). Good to be stressed? Improved response inhibition and error processing after acute stress in young and older men. Neuropsychologia.
• Anselme, P., Otto, T., Güntürkün, O. (2017) Foraging motivation favors the occurrence of Lévy walks. Behavioural Processes 147 48–60
• Anselme, P., Otto, T., Güntürkün, O. (2017) How unpredictable access to food increases the body fat of small passerines: A mechanistic approach. Behavioural Processes, 144, 33–45
• Herten, N., Otto, T., Wolf, O.T. (2017). The role of eye fixation in memory enhancement under stress: An eye tracking study. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 140, 134-144.
• Kinner, V.L., Kuchinke, L., Dierolf, A.M., Merz, C.J., Otto, T., Wolf, O.T. (2017). What our eyes tell us about feelings: Tracking pupillary responses during emotion regulation processes. Psychophysiology. 54, 508-518.
• Herten, N., Otto, T., Adolph, D., Pause, B.M., Kumsta, R., Wolf, O.T. (2016) Enhanced startle responsivity 24 hours after acute stress exposure. Behavioral Neuroscience.
• Bestgen A., Schulze P., Kuchinke L., Suchan B., Derdak T., Otto T., Jettkant B., Sucker K. (2015) An extension of olfactometry methods: an expandable, fully automated, mobile, MRI-compatible olfactometer. Journal of Neuroscience Methods
• Drexler, S.M., Merz, C.J., Hamacher-Dang, T., Marquardt, V., Fritsch, N., Otto, T., Wolf, O.T. (2014) Effects of Postretrieval-Extinction Learning on Return of Contextually Controlled Cued Fear, Behavioral Neuroscience
• Wolf, C., Ball, A., Ocklenburg, S., Otto, T., Heed, T., Röder, B. Güntürkün, O. (2011) Visuotactile interactions in the congenitally acallosal brain: evidence for early cerebral plasticity. Neuropsychologia
• Beste, C., Otto, T., Hoffmann, S. (2010) The Biopsychology - Nonlinear Analysis Toolbox: A free, open-source Matlab-toolbox for the non-linear analysis of time series data. Neuroinformatics, 8, 197-200
• Rose, J., Otto, T., Dittrich, L. (2008) The Biopsycholoy Toolbox: A free, open source Matlab-toolbox for the control of behavioral experimentation. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 175:104-107

• DFG Research Grant, subproject INFof SFB 1280 (2nd funding period)

• VDE Preis für ein hervorragendes Diplom Examen
• Prof. Dr. Koepchen Studienstiftung
• Siemens Studentenprogramm

• The open toolbox for behavioral research
  • Otto, T., Rose, J. The open toolbox for behavioral research. Behav Res (2023). https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-023-02199-x
  • https://gitlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ikn/OTBR
• EDA-Analysis App
  • Tobias Otto, Oliver T. Wolf, & Christian J. Merz. (2023). EDA-Analysis App (5.13). Zenodo.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7965375
  • https://gitlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ikn/eda-analysis
• MetaDataApp
  • Zomorodpoosh, Setareh, Diers, Erik, Linn, Sandra, Merz, Christian J., Pacharra, Marlene, & Otto, Tobias. (2023). MetaDataApp v2.0 (v2.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8040229
  • https://gitlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/sfb1280/metaapp_2
• DatabaseApp
  • Diers, Erik, Zomorodpoosh, Setareh, Labrenz, Franziska, Merz, Christian J., Pacharra, Marlene, & Otto, Tobias. (2023). DatabaseApp v2.0 (v2.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8039273
  • https://gitlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/sfb1280/databaseapp_2.0
• Subject Code Generator
  • Diers, Erik, Pacharra, Marlene, Merz, Christian J., Ernst, Thomas M., & Otto, Tobias. (2023). Subject Code Generator v1.1 (v1.1). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7634563
  • https://gitlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/sfb1280/subject_code_generator

since 2007: Pract. Course "MATLAB for Beginners"
M.Sc. Psychology and M.Sc. Cognitive Science, Ruhr University Bochum

Interviews
Interview series "Research Data Management"
https://news.rub.de/wissenschaft/2023-09-27-neurowissenschaften-den-forschungsschatz-sichern

Podcast appearances
“Kannste Vergessen?” Der Podcast vom Lernen, Vergessen und Erinnern; Season 1, Episode 6
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1wViJQC66gDz4O5s2iyCBs