Prof. Dr. Josef Unterrainer

Universität Freiburg
Medizinische Fakultät, Institut für Medizinische Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie

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josef.unterrainer@mps.uni-freiburg.de
+49-761-203-5513
Hebelstr. 29, 79104 Freiburg im Breisgau

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Seit April 2016	W3-Professur für Medizinische Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie an der Medizinischen Fakultät der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
2009 – 2016	W2-Professur für Medizinische Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie an der Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
2008 – 2009	Leiter des BMBF-Projekts „Cognitive development and related neurophysiological and -anatomical changes from early to late childhood“ am Institut für Psychologie der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
2006 – 2008	Vertretungsprofessur für Biologische und Differentielle Psychologie (C4) am Institut für Psychologie der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
2005	Habilitation und Erhalt der Venia legendi für das Fach Psychologie
2003	Zertifizierung zum Klinischen Neuropsychologen
2000 – 2006	Wissenschaftlicher Assistent (C1) an der Abteilung für Neuropsychologie der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
1998	Forschungsassistent an der HNO-Abteilung im Bereich Tinnitusforschung der Landeskliniken Salzburg
1997	Promotion zum Doktor rerum naturalium an der Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Paris-Lodron Universität Salzburg; Eintragung in die Liste der Klinischen- und Gesundheitspsychologen
1995 – 1997	Psychologe der Neurologischen Abteilung mit Schwerpunkt neuropsychologische Diagnostik und Behandlung an der Landesnervenklinik Salzburg Ausbildung zum Klinischen Psychologen am Institut für Klinische Psychologie in der Abteilung für Psychiatrie der Landesnervenklinik Salzburg
1989 – 1995	Psychologiestudium an der Paris-Lodron Universität Salzburg

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Schumacher, L. V., Rahm, B., Kaller, C., Schyle, V., Weiller, C., & Unterrainer, J. (2025). A novel index to measure pre‐planning in the Tower of London task : test–retest reliability and known‐group validity. The British Journal of Psychology, 70044. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.70044
Blomenkamp, M., Kiesel, A., Baumeister, H., Lehr, D., Unterrainer, J., Sander, L., & Spanhel, K. (2025). Assessing the cultural fit of a digital sleep intervention for refugees in Germany : qualitative study. JMIR Formative Research, 9, e65412. https://doi.org/10.2196/65412
Unterrainer, J., Petersen, J., Schmidt, P., Ernst, M., Wirtz, M. A., Reinwarth, A. C., Wicke, F., Ghaemi Kerahrodi, J., Michal, M., Münzel, T., König, J., Lackner, K. J., Pfeiffer, N., Tüscher, O., Galle, Peter R., Beutel, M. E., & Wild, P. S. (2024). Different risk and protective factors predict change of planning ability in middle versus older age. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 25275. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-76784-1
Müller, M. P., Metelmann, C., Busch, H.-J., Damjanovic, D., Ganter, J., Gronewald, J. C., Sowa, J., Trummer, G., Unterrainer, J., & Metelmann, B. (2024). Reporting standard for describing first responder systems, smartphone alerting systems, and AED networks. Resuscitation, 195, 110087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.110087
Schyle, V., Schumacher, L. V., Rahm, B., & Unterrainer, J. (2023). Parallel and identical test–retest reliability of the Tower of London test – Freiburg version. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 29(8), 783–788. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1355617722000911
Unterrainer, J. M., Rahm, B., Loosli, S. V., Rauh, R., Schumacher, L. V., Biscaldi, M., & Kaller, C. P. (2020). Psychometric analyses of the Tower of London planning task reveal high reliability and feasibility in typically developing children and child patients with ASD and ADHD. Child Neuropsychology, 26(2), 257–273. https://doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2019.1642317
Elflein, H. M., Schuster, A. K., Pitz, S., Hardt, J., Nickels, S., Münzel, T., Wild, P. S., Beutel, M. E., Blettner, M., Lackner, K. J., Pfeiffer, N., & Unterrainer, J. (2019). Intact visuospatial cognition in amblyopia: results from the Gutenberg Health Study. Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, 56(6), 397–401. https://doi.org/10.3928/01913913-20190925-01
Unterrainer, J., Rahm, B., Kaller, C. P., Wild, P. S., Münzel, T., Blettner, M., Lackner, K. J., Pfeiffer, N., & Beutel, M. E. (2019). Assessing planning ability across the adult life span in a large population-representative sample: reliability estimates and normative data for the Tower of London (TOL-F) Task. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 25(05), 520–529. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355617718001248
Ernst, M., Tibubos, A. N., Unterrainer, J., Burghardt, J., Brähler, E., Wild, P. S., Jünger, C., Faber, J., Schneider, A., & Beutel, M. E. (2019). Status and predictors of planning ability in adult long-term survivors of CNS tumors and other types of childhood cancer. Scientific Reports, 9, 7290. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43874-4
Lamparter, J., Schmidtmann, I., Schuster, A. K., Siouli, A., Wasielica-Poslednik, J., Mirshahi, A., Höhn, R., Unterrainer, J., Wild, P. S., Binder, H., Lackner, K. J., Beutel, M. E., Münzel, T., Pfeiffer, N., & Hoffmann, E. M. (2018). Association of ocular, cardiovascular, morphometric and lifestyle parameters with retinal nerve fibre layer thickness. PLOS ONE, 13(5), e0197682. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197682
Unterrainer, J., Domschke, K., Rahm, B., Wiltink, J., Schulz, A. S., Pfeiffer, N., Lackner, K. J., Münzel, T., Wild, P. S., & Beutel, M. E. (2018). Subclinical levels of anxiety but not depression are associated with planning performance in a large population-based sample. Psychological Medicine, 48(1), 168–174. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291717002562
Nickel, K., Tebartz van Elst, L., Manko, J., Unterrainer, J., Rauh, R., Klein, C., Endres, D., Kaller, C. P., Mader, I., Riedel, A., Biscaldi, M., & Maier, S. (2018). Inferior frontal gyrus volume loss distinguishes between autism and (comorbid) attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder – a FreeSurfer analysis in children. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9, 521. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00521
Mirshahi, A., Ponto, K. A., Laubert-Reh, D., Rahm, B., Lackner, K. J., Binder, H., Pfeiffer, N., & Unterrainer, J. (2016). Myopia and cognitive performance: results from the Gutenberg health study. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 57(13), 5230. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.16-19507
Unterrainer, J., Rauh, R., Rahm, B., Hardt, J., Kaller, C., Klein, C., Paschke-Müller, M., & Biscaldi, M. (2016). Development of planning in children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders and/or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Autism Research, 9(7), 739–751. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.1574
Loosli, S. V., Falquez, R., Unterrainer, J. M., Weiller, C., Rahm, B., & Kaller, C. P. (2016). Training of resistance to proactive interference and working memory in older adults: a randomized double-blind study. International Psychogeriatrics, 28(03), 453–467. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1041610215001519
Loosli, S. V., Rahm, B., Unterrainer, J. M., Mader, I., Weiller, C., & Kaller, C. P. (2016). Age differences in behavioral and neural correlates of proactive interference: Disentangling the role of overall working memory performance. NeuroImage, 127, 376–386. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.12.023
Kaller, C., Debelak, R., Schumacher, L. V., Egle, J., Rahm, B., Wild, P. S., Blettner, M., Beutel, M. E., & Unterrainer, J. (2015). Assessing planning ability across the adult life span: population-representative and age-adjusted reliability estimates for the Tower of London (TOL-F). Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 31(2), 148–164. https://doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acv088
Unterrainer, J., Kaller, C., Loosli, S. V., Heinze-Köhler, K., Ruh, N., Paschke-Müller, M., Rauh, R., Biscaldi, M., & Rahm, B. (2015). Looking ahead from age 6 to 13 : a deeper insight into the development of planning ability. British Journal of Psychology, 106(1), 46–67. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12065
Loosli, S. V., Rahm, B., Unterrainer, J., Weiller, C., & Kaller, C. (2014). Developmental change in proactive interference across the life span: Evidence from two working memory tasks. Developmental Psychology, 50(4), 1060–1072. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035231
Heinze-Köhler, K., Ruh, N., Nitschke, K., Reis, J., Fritsch, B., Unterrainer, J., Rahm, B., Weiller, C., & Kaller, C. (2014). Transcranial direct current stimulation over left and right DLPFC: Lateralized effects on planning performance and related eye movements. Biological Psychology, 102, 130–140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.07.019
Unterrainer, J., Ruh, N., Loosli, S. V., Heinze-Köhler, K., Rahm, B., & Kaller, C. (2013). Planning Steps Forward in Development: In Girls Earlier than in Boys. PLoS ONE, 8(11), e80772. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080772
Kaller, C., Heinze-Köhler, K., Frenkel, A., Läppchen, C. H., Unterrainer, J., Weiller, C., Lange, R., & Rahm, B. (2013). Differential impact of continuous theta-burst stimulation over left and right DLPFC on planning. Human Brain Mapping, 34(1), 36–51. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.21423
Kaller, C., Heinze-Köhler, K., Mader, I., Unterrainer, J., Rahm, B., Weiller, C., & Schumacher, L. V. (2012). Linking planning performance and gray matter density in mid-dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: Moderating effects of age and sex. NeuroImage, 63(3), 1454–1463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.08.032
Ruh, N., Rahm, B., Unterrainer, J., Weiller, C., & Kaller, C. (2012). Dissociable stages of problem solving (II): First evidence for process-contingent temporal order of activation in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Brain and Cognition, 80(1), 170–176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2012.02.012
Kaller, C., Unterrainer, J., & Stahl, C. (2012). Assessing planning ability with the Tower of London task: Psychometric properties of a structurally balanced problem set. Psychological Assessment, 24(1), 46–53. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025174
Cheetham, M., Rahm, B., Kaller, C., & Unterrainer, J. (2012). Visuospatial over verbal demands in predicting Tower of London planning tasks: Visuospatial demands during TOL planning tasks. British Journal of Psychology, 103(1), 98–116. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8295.2011.02049.x
Unterrainer, J., Kaller, C., Leonhart, R., & Rahm, B. (2011). Revising Superior Planning Performance in Chess Players: The Impact of Time Restriction and Motivation Aspects. The American Journal of Psychology, 124(2), 213. https://doi.org/10.5406/amerjpsyc.124.2.0213
Delvendahl, I., Kuhnke, N. G., Jung, N. H., Mainberger, F., Cronjaeger, M., Unterrainer, J., Hauschke, D., & Mall, V. (2011). The time course of motor cortex plasticity after spaced motor practice. Brain Stimulation, 4(3), 156–164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2010.10.002
Kaller, C., Rahm, B., Schumacher, L. V., & Unterrainer, J. (2011). Reviewing the impact of problem structure on planning: A software tool for analyzing tower tasks. Behavioural Brain Research, 216(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2010.07.029
Kaller, C., Rahm, B., Spreer, J., Weiller, C., & Unterrainer, J. (2011). Dissociable Contributions of Left and Right Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Planning. Cerebral Cortex, 21(2), 307–317. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhq096