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Dr. Tobias Bormann Diplompsychologe Abt. Neurologie und Neuropsychologie tobias.bormann@uniklinik-freiburg.de

Research interests

I am a clinical neuropsychologist at the Department of Neurology where I am responsible for neuropsychological assessments. My research is concerned with the cognitive analysis of language disorders, including impairments of lexical access (anomia), impairments of writing and reading (dysgraphia and dyslexia), dynamic aphasia, as well as impairments of memory (short-term memory, episodic memory). I am also interested in focal cortical dementias and their relevance for models of cognitive processes.

Publications (book chapters & articles)

Bormann, T. (in prep.). Short articles “Event-related brain potentials”, “Word association”, and “Functional imaging”. In B. Kortmann & J. Kabatek (eds.), WSK Dictionary of Linguistics.

Bormann, T. (in prep.). Neurolinguistics: Theories and methods. In B. Kortmann & J. Kabatek (eds.), WSK Dictionary of Linguistics.

Bormann, T. & Konieczny, L. (in prep). Psycholinguistics: Theories and methods. In B. Kortmann & J. Kabatek (eds.), WSK Dictionary of Linguistics.

Bormann, T. and Weiller, C. (accepted). "Are there lexicons?" A study of lexical and semantic processing in Word Meaning-Deafness suggests "Yes". Cortex.

Blanken, G., Bormann, T. and Schweppe, J. (2011). Modellierung der mündlichen und schriftlichen Sprachproduktion: Evidenzen aus der Aphasie- und Agrafieforschung. Sprache Stimme Gehör, 35, 8-12.

Bormann, T. (2011). The role of lexical-semantic neighborhood in object naming: implications for models of lexical access. Frontiers in Psychology: Language Sciences, 2, 127.

Weiller, C., Bormann, T., Saur, D., Musso, M., and Rijntjes, M. (2011). How the ventral pathway got lost and what its recovery might mean. Brain and Language, 118, 29-39.

Bormann, T. (2010). Zur Interaktion von verbalem Arbeitsgedächtnis und Sprachverarbeitung. Belege aus der kognitiven Neuropsychologie. Psychologische Rundschau, 61, 18-24.

Bormann, T. (2010). Nachsprechen und verbales Arbeitsgedächtnis bei Aphasie. In G. Blanken & W. Ziegler (eds.). Klinische Linguistik und Phonetik. Freiburg.

Bormann, T. (2010). Schreibstörungen (Dysgraphie). In G. Blanken & W. Ziegler (eds.). Klinische Linguistik und Phonetik. Freiburg.

Bormann, T., Wallesch, C.-W., Seyboth, M. & Blanken, G. (2009). Writing two words as one: Word boundary errors in a German case of acquired surface dysgraphia. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 22, 74-82.

Bormann, T., Kulke, F. & Blanken, G. (2008). The influence of word frequency on semantic word substitutions in aphasic naming. Aphasiology, 22 (12), 1313-1320.

Bormann, T., Kulke, F., Wallesch, C.-W. & Blanken, G. (2008). Omissions and semantic errors in aphasic naming: Is there a link? Brain and Language, 104, 24-32.

Bormann, T., Wallesch, C.-W. & Blanken, G. (2008). Verbal planning in ‚Dynamic aphasia’: an impairment of macroplanning. Neurocase, 14 (5), 431-450.

Bormann, T., Wallesch, C.-W. & Blanken, G. (2008). ‚Fragment errors’ in deep dsygraphia: Further evidence for a lexical hypothesis. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 25, 745-764.

Bormann, T., Blanken, G. & Wallesch, C.-W. (2007). Mechanisms of lexical access and the anomias. In M. Ball & J.S. Damico (Eds.), Clinical Aphasiology: Future Directions. A Festschrift for Chris Code. Hove: Psychology Press.

Schweppe, J., Bormann, T. & Rummer, R. (2006). Störungen des verbalen Arbeitsgedächtnisses nach erworbener Hirnschädigung. Aphasie und Verwandte Gebiete, 2, 73-88.

Blanken, G. & Bormann, T. (2006). Semantische Fehler bei Aphasie. Ein psycho- und neurolinguistischer Beitrag zum Problemfeld »Sprache und Denken«. In G. Blanken & H. Franzen (eds.), Sonderheft Neurolinguistik, 20, 117–133.

Bormann, T. & Blanken, G. (2005). Zugriff auf syntaktische Merkmale beim Schreiben. Neurolinguistik, 19, 25-53.

Blanken, G., Kulke, F., Bormann, T., Biedermann, B., Dittmann, J. & Wallesch, C.-W. (2004). The Dissolution of Word Production in Aphasia: Implications for Normal Functions. In T. Pechmann & C. Habel (eds.), Multidisciplinary Approaches to Language Production. Berlin: Mouton.

Some conference contributions

Bormann, T. and Weiller, C. (2011). Do mental lexicons exist? An affirmative single case study. Poster European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology, Bressanone, Italy.

Bormann, T. et al. (2010). Neuropsychology and anatomy of memory impairments following unilateral thalamic infarction. Poster, European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology.

Bormann, T., Seyboth, M. and Blanken, G. (2009). Processing of compound nouns in deep dysgraphia: Limitations to orthographic autonomy. Poster Academy of Aphasia, Boston, USA.

Bormann, T., Blanken, G. & Wallesch, C.-W. (2007, Jan.). An assessment of preserved and impaired (verbal) planning in 'dynamic aphasia'. Poster „European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology“, Bressanone.

Bormann, T., Kulke, F. & Blanken, G. (2006, July). Semantic errors and omissions in aphasic naming: Is there a common basis? Poster „INS“, Zuerich.

Rummer, R., Martin, R.C., Schweppe, J., & Bormann, T. (2006, June). Phonological information contributes to sentence recall: Support from experiments and neuropsychological patient data. Paper „EWOMS“, Genova.

Bormann, T. & Blanken, G. (2004, Sept.). How autonomous is orthographic encoding? The role of syntax. Poster “The Science of Aphasia”, Potsdam.

Bormann, T. & Konieczny, L. (2002, Mar.). Die Verarbeitung von extraponierten Komplement- und Relativsätzen. Paper 44. "Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP)" Chemnitz.

Konieczny, L. & Bormann, T. (2001, Sept.). Self-embedding and extraposition. Paper 7th "Annual Conference on Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing (AMLaP)", Saarbrücken.

Teaching (classes)

Fachhochschule Schloss Hohenfels Coburg:
Sommersemester 2008: Befunderhebung und Diagnostik
Sommersemester 2008: Modalitätsspezifische neuropsychologische Intervention
Wintersemester 2007-08: Befunderhebung und Diagnostik
Wintersemester 2007-08: Sonderfelder der Logopädie
Universität Erfurt:
Sommersemester 2007: Psycholinguistische Forschungsmethoden (with Margret Seyboth)
Wintersemester 2006-07: Aphasien und neuropsychologische Störungen
Sommersemester 2006: Experimentelle Methoden in der Sprachwissenschaft
Wintersemester 2005-06: Schriftsprache: Erwerb, Störungen, Prozesse
Sommersemester 2005: Experimentelle Methoden in der Sprachwissenschaft
Wintersemester 2004-05: Störungen der Laut- und Schriftsprache
Sommersemester 2004: Experimentelle und statistische Methoden in der Sprachwissenschaft
Wintersemester 2003-04: Kognitive und neuronale Grundlagen der Sprache
Sommersemester 2003: Aphasie und ihre begleitenden neuropsychologischen Störungsbilder