Otmar Leo Bock

Otmar Leo Bock is a Professor at RWTH Aachen University, affiliated with the Institute for Training Science and Sports Informatics. His research focuses on cognitive and motor performance across the lifespan, with particular emphasis on aging, working memory, and attention mechanisms in sports and daily activities.

• Primary affiliation: Institute for Training Science and Sports Informatics, RWTH Aachen University
• Collaborators: Jens colleagues like Markus Kempe, Daniel Memmert, and others

His research explores:

• Age-related cognitive and motor changes in dual-task scenarios
• Applications of fNIRS in studying brain activation during walking
• Effects of working memory training on intelligence
• Attention window measurement and peripheral attention in sports
• Mental chronometry in ecological contexts
• Impact of age stereotypes on older workers' performance

Publication trends (2011-2015) show interdisciplinary work combining neuroscience, psychology, and sports science, with methodologies spanning laboratory experiments, ecological studies, and space medicine applications.

Ongoing collaborations include researchers from Institute for Movement and Sports Gerontology and Psychological Institute. His work has been cited 147 times, with 287 readers on Mendeley.