Inhaltspezifische Aktionen

Publikationen der Arbeitsgruppe

2025

  • Keck, J., Bachmann, J., Zabicki, A., Munzert, J., & Krüger, B. Decoding affect in emotional body language: valence representation in the action observation network. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 20, nsaf021. 

  • Lederer, K., Fimm, B., Munzert, J., Reiser, M., Maurer, H., Binkofski, F. & Pellicano, A. (2025). Differential affection of the visual information sub-streams in a patient with visual agnosia. Frontiers in Psychology, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1452979

  • Leh, A., Endres, D., & Hegele, M. Dancing through the uncanny valley: On the likeability of model-generated dance movements. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Advance online publication.

2024

  • Brand T., Schütz, A., Müller, H., Maurer, H., Hegele, M., Maurer, L. Sensorimotor prediction is used to direct gaze toward task-relevant locations in a goal-directed throwing task. Journal of Neurophysiology, 132, 485-500.

  • Keck, J., Honekamp, C., Gebhardt, K., Nolte, S., Linka, M., de Haas, B., Munzert, J., Krüger K., & Krüger, B. Exercise-induced inflammation alters the perception and visual exploration of emotional interactions. Brain, Behaviour, & Immunity - Health, 39, 100806. 

  • Krüger, B., Hegele, M., & Rieger, M. The multi sensory nature of human action imagery. Psychological Research, 88, 1870-1882.

  • Onasch, F., & Herzog, W. Active control of static pedal force direction decreases maximum isometric force output. Journal of Biomechanics, 163, 111958

2023

  • Fercher, C., Reiser, M., Müller, H., Joch, M. & Maurer, H. (2023). Basculing in elite show jumping horses: a motion analysis study of trunk and neck movement. Comparative Exercise Physiology, doi: 10.1163/17552559-20220072

  • Leh, A., Endres, D., & Hegele, M. A primitive-based representation of dance: modulations by experience and perceptual validity. Journal of Neurophysiology, 130, 1214-1225.

  • Lotze, M., Naumann, T. & Munzert, J. (2023). Mentales Training im Sport. Neuroreha, 15, 125-130.

  • Onasch, F., Sawatsky, A., Stano, A., & Herzog, W. Development of the instrumentation of a 4-man bobsled. Journal of Biomechanics, 152, 111578.

  • Preißler, L., Keck, J., Krüger, B., Munzert, J. & Schwarzer, G. Recognition of emotional body language from dyadic and monadic pointlight-displays in 5-year-old children and adults. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 235, 105713. 

2022

  • Bachmann, J., Krüger, B., Keck, J., Munzert, J. & Zabicki, A. When the timing is right: The link between temporal coupling in dyadic interactions and emotion recognition. Cognition, 229, 105267. 

  • Bachmann, J., Munzert, J. & Krüger, B. Wie wir die Emotionen anderer durch ihre Körpersprache verstehen. In-Mind Magazine. https://de.in-mind.org/article/wie-wir-die-emotionen-anderer-durch-ihre-koerpersprache-verstehen

  • Hinneberg, B.Hegele, M. Acting in temporal contexts: on the behavioral and neurophysiological consequences of feedback delays. Neuroscience, 486, 91-102. 

  • Keck, J., Zabicki, A., Bachmann, J., Munzert, J. & Krüger, B. Decoding spatiotemporal features of emotional body language in social interactions. Scientific Reports, 12:15088. 

  • Langsdorf, L., Göhringer, F., Schwein, R., Schenk, T., & Hegele, M. Additional cognitive load decreases performance but not adaptation to a visuomotor transformation. Acta Psychologica 226, 103586.

  • Maurer, L. K., Maurer, H., Hegele, M. & Müller, H. Can Stephen Curry really know? - Conscious access to outcome prediction of motor actions. PLoS ONE, 17(1):e0250047

  • Maurer, L. K., Joch, M., & Hegele, M., Maurer, H., & Müller, H. Relevance of predictive and postdictive error information in the course of motor learning. Neuroscience, 486, 77-90. 

  • Munzert, J. & Krüger, B. Mentales Training als Bewegungsvorstellung zum motorischen Lernen. In S. Klatt & B. Strauß (Hrsg.), Kognition und Motorik. Sportpsychologische Grundlagen und Anwendungen im Sport (S. 323-336). Göttingen: Hogrefe.

2021

  • Bachmann, J., Zabicki, A., Gradl, S., Kurz, J., Munzert, J., Troje, N. & Krüger, B. Does co-presence affect the way we perceive and respond to emotional interactions? Experimental Brain Research, 239, 923-936. 

  • Dötsch, D., Kurz, J., Helm, F., Hegele, M., Munzert, J. & Schubö, A. End in view: Joint end-state comfort depends on gaze and extraversion. Human Movement Science, 80, article 102867. 

  • Forano, M., Schween, R., Taylor, J. A., Hegele, M., Franklin, D. W. Direct and indirect cues can enable dual adaptation, but through different learning processes. Journal of Neurophysiology, 126, 1490-1506.

  • Langsdorf, L., Maresch, J., & Hegele, M., McDougle, S. D., & Schween, R. Prolonged response time helps eliminate residual errors in visuomotor adaptation. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 28, 834-844.

  • Maurer, L. K., Joch, M., & Hegele, M., & Müller, H. Focused review on neural correlates of error valuation in motor tasks and related terminological issues regarding the source of error information. Journal of Human Kinetics, 1-13.

2020

  • Bachmann, J., Zabicki, A., Munzert, J. & Krüger, B. Emotional expressivity of the observer mediates recognition of affective states from human body movements. Cognition and Emotion, 34(7), 1370-1381. 

  • Krüger, B., Zabicki, A., Grosse, L., Naumann, T., & Munzert, J. Sensory features of mental images in the framework of human actions. Consciousness and Cognition, 83, 102970. 

  • Krüger, B., Hettwer, M., Zabicki, A., de Haas, B., Munzert, J. & Zentgraf, K. Practice modality of motor sequences impacts the neural signature of motor imageryScientific Reports, 10:19176. 

  • Reiser, M., Zentgraf, K., Kindermann, S. & Künzell, S. An approach to quantify the float effect of float serves in indoor and beach volleyball. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living 2:559277

  • Schween, R., McDougle, S. D., & Hegele, M., & Taylor, J.A. Assessing explicit strategies in force field adaptation. Journal of Neurophysiology, 123, 1552-1565.

2019
  • Maurer, L. K., Joch, M., Hegele, M., Maurer, H., & Müller, H. Predictive error processing distinguishes between relevant and irrelevant errors after visuomotor learning. Journal of Vision, 19, 1-13.

  • Munzert, J., Müller, J., Joch, M. & Reiser, M. (2019). Specificity of postural control: comparing expert and intermediate dancers. Journal of Motor Behavior, 51, 259-271. 

  • Schween, R., Langsdorf, L., Taylor, J.A., & Hegele, M. How different effectors and action effects modulate the formation of separate motor memories. Scientific Reports 9, 17040.

  • Zabicki, A., de Haas, B., Zentgraf, K., Stark, R., Munzert, J. & Krüger, B. (2019). Subjective vividness of motor imagery has a neural signature in human premotor and parietal cortex. NeuroImage, 197, 273-283.

2018
  • Bachmann, J., Munzert, J. & Krüger, B. Neural underpinnings of the perception of emotional states derived from biological human motion: a review of neuroimaging research. Frontiers in Psychology 9:1763

  • Krüger, B., Kaletsch, M., Pilgramm, S., Schwippert, S., Hennig, J., Stark, R., Lis, S., Gallhofer, B., Sammer, G., Zentgraf, K. & Munzert, J. (2018). Perceived intensity of emotional scenes is reduced in subjects with ASD. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48, 1-11.

  • Krug, N., Güttes, M., Reiser, M. & Stief, T. Entwicklung eines Messstandes zur Quantifizierung der Torsionssteifigkeit von Sportschuhen. Orthopädieschuhtechnik, 09/2018, 30-35.

  • Hegele, M., & Seyfried, F. A case for sensorimotor simulation as a basis for the animate/inanimate-distinction in infancy. Journal of Motor Learning and Development 6, S154-S168.

  • Huang, J., Hegele, M., & Billino, J. Motivational modulation of age-related effects on reaching adaptation. Frontiers in Psychology 9, 2285.
  • Joch, M., Hegele, M., Maurer, H., Müller, H., & Maurer, L. Online movement monitoring modulates feedback processing in motor learning: an analysis of event-related potentials. Journal of Motor Learning and Development 6, S138-S153.

  • Joch, M., Hegele, M., Maurer, H., Müller, H., & Maurer, L. Accuracy of motor error predictions for different sensory signals. Frontiers in Psychology 9, 1376.

  • Kurz, J., Hegele, M., & Munzert, J. Gaze behavior in a natural environment with a task-relevant distractor: How the presence of a goalkeeper distracts the penalty taker. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 19.

  • Munzert, J. & Krüger, B. Task-specificity of muscular responses during motor imagery: Peripheral physiological effects and the legacy of Edmund Jacobson. Frontiers in Psychology 9: 1869

  • Schween, R., Taylor J. A., & Hegele, M. Plan-based generalization shapes local implicit adaptation to opposing visuomotor transformations. Journal of Neurophysiology 120(6), 2755-87.

2017

  • de Oliveira, R. , Raab, M., Hegele, M., & Schorer, J. Task integration facilitates multitasking. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 398.

  • Schmidt, F., Hegele, M., & Fleming, R.W. Perceiving animacy from shape. Journal of Vision, 17, 10.

  • Kurz, J., Hegele, M., Reiser, J., & Munzert, J. Impact of task difficulty on gaze behavior in a sequential object manipulation task. Experimental Brain Research, 235, 3479-3486.

  • Joch, M., Hegele, M., Maurer, H., Müller, H. & Maurer, L. K. Brain negativity as an indicator of predictive error processing-The contribution of visual action effect monitoring. Journal of Neurophysiology, 118, 486-495. 

  • Ransburg, N., Reiser, M., Munzert, J., Jovanovic, B. & Schwarzer, G. Concurrent anticipation of two object dimensions during grasping in 10-month-old infants: a quantitative analysis. Infant Behavior and Development, 48, 164–174. 

  • Schween, R., & Hegele, M. Feedback delay attenuates implicit but facilitates explicit adjustments to a visuomotor rotation. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 140, 124-133. 

  • Zabicki, A., de Haas, B., Zentgraf, K., Stark, R., Munzert, J. & Krüger, B. Imagined and executed actions in the human motor system: Testing neural similarity between execution and imagery of actions with a multivariate approach. Cerebral Cortex, 27, 4523–4536. 

2016

  • Gertz, H., Hilger, M., Hegele, M.* & Fiehler, K.* Agency instructions modulate eye movements: an fMRI study on ocular tracking of biological and non-biological motion stimuli. NeuroImage, 138, 109-122.


  • Helm, F., Reiser, M., & Munzert, J. (2016). Domain-specific and unspecific reaction times in experienced team handball goalkeepers and novices. Frontiers in Psychology: Cognitive Science, 7:882. 

  • Pilgramm*, S., de Haas*, B., Helm, F., Zentgraf, K., Stark, R., Munzert, J. & Krüger, B. Motor imagery of hand actions. Decoding the content of imagery from brain activity in frontal and parietal motor areas. Human Brain Mapping, 37, 81–93. 

* shared first/senior authorship

2015 

  • Bischoff, M., Zentgraf, K., Pilgramm, S., Krüger, B., Balser, N., Sauerbier, I., Stark, R. & Munzert, J. Influence of effect orientiation on brain activation when anticipating the effects of throwing movements. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 120, 36–56. doi: 10.2466/22.24.PMS.120v10x7 

  • Helm, F., Marinovic, W., Krüger, B., Munzert, J., & Riek, S. Corticospinal excitability during imagined and observed dynamic force production tasks: Effortfulness matters. Neuroscience, 290, 398–405. 

  • Heuer, H. & Hegele, M. Explicit and implicit components of visuomotor adaptation: an analysis of individual differences. Consciousness & Cognition, 33, 156-169.

  • Munzert, J., Blischke, K. & Krüger, B. Motor imagery of locomotion with an additional load: Actual load experience does not affect differences between physical and mental durations. Experimental Brain Research, 233, 809–816. doi: 10.1007/s00221-014-4156-x 

  • Naumann, T., Kindermann, S., Joch, M., Munzert, J. & Reiser, M. No transfer between conditions in balance training regimes relying on tasks with different postural demands: Specificity effects of two different serious games. Gait and Posture, 41, 774–779.  

2014

  • Balser*, N., Lorey*, B., Pilgramm, S., Naumann, T., Kindermann, S., Stark, R., Zentgraf, K., Williams, M. & Munzert, J. The influence of expertise on brain activation of the Action Observation Network during anticipation of tennis and volleyball serves. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8:568. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00568 

  • Balser*, N., Lorey*, B., Pilgramm, S., Stark, R., Bischoff, M., Zentgraf, K., Williams, M. & Munzert, J. Prediction of human actions: Expertise and task-related effects on neural activation of the action observation network. Human Brain Mapping, 35, 4016–4034. doi: 10.1002/hbm.22455 

  • Bischoff, M., Zentgraf, K., Pilgramm, S., Stark, R., Krüger, B. & Munzert, J. Anticipating action effects recruits audiovisual movement representations in the ventral premotor cortex. Brain and Cognition, 92, 39–47. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.banc.2014.09.10 

  • Heuer, H. & Hegele, M. Age-related variations of visuo-motor adaptation beyond explicit knowledge. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 6, 152.

  • Kaletsch, M., Krüger, B., Pilgramm, S., Stark, R., Lis, S., Gallhofer, B., Zentraf, K., Munzert, J. & Sammer, G. Borderline personality disorder is associated with lower confidence in perception of emotional body movements. Frontiers in Psychology: Emotion Science 5:1262.

  • Kaletsch, M., Pilgramm, S., Bischoff, M., Kindermann, S., Sauerbier, I., Stark, R., Lis, S., Gallhofer, B., Sammer, G., Zentgraf, K., Munzert, J. & Lorey, B. Major depressive disorder alters perception of emotional body movements. Frontiers in Psychiatry 5:4

  • Krüger*, B., Bischoff*, M., Blecker, C, Langhanns, C., Kindermann, S., Sauerbier, I., Reiser, M., Stark, R., Munzert, J. & Pilgramm, S. Parietal and premotor cortices: Activation reflects imitation accuracy during observation, delayed imitation and concurrent imitation. Neuroimage, 100, 39–50. 

  • Lorey, B., Naumann, T., Pilgramm, S., Petermann, C., Bischoff, M., Zentgraf, K., Stark, R., Vaitl, D., & Munzert, J. Neural simulation of actions: Effector- versus action-specific motor maps within the human premotor and posterior parietal area? Human Brain Mapping, 35, 1212–1225.

  • Munzert, J. & Lorey, B. Brain imaging. In R. C. Eklund & G. Tenenbaum (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Sport and Exercise Psychology (pp. 92–94). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. 

  • Munzert, J., Maurer, H. & Reiser, M. Verbal-motor attention-focusing instructions influence kinematics and performance of a golf-putting task. Journal of Motor Behavior, 46, 309–318.

  • Munzert, J., Reiser, M. & Zentgraf, K. Bewegungsvorstellungstraining im Sport. In K. Zentgraf & J. Munzert (Hrsg.), Kognitives Training im Sport (S. 9–36). Göttingen: Hogrefe.

2013

  • Hegele, M. & Heuer, H. Age-related variations of visuo-motor adaptation result from both the acquisition and the application of explicit knowledge. Psychology and Aging, 28, 333-339.

  • Heuer, H., Hegele, M., & Rand, M.K. Age-related variations in the control of electronic tools. In C.M. Schlick, E. Frieling, & J. Wegge (Eds.). Age-Differentiated Work Systems. Heidelberg: Springer.

  • Lorey, B., Naumann, T., Pilgramm, S., Petermann, C., Bischoff, M., Zentgraf, K., Stark, R., Vaitl, D., & Munzert, J. How equivalent are the action execution, imagery, and observation of intransitive movements? Revisiting the concept of somatotopy during action simulation. Brain and Cognition, 81, 139–150.

  • Munzert, J. & Lorey, B.Motor an d visual imagery in sports. In S. Lacey & R. Lawson (Eds.), Mutisensory imagery (pp. 319–341). New York: Springer.

  • Raab, M., de Oliveira, R., Schorer, J., & Hegele, M. Adaptation of motor control strategies to environmental cues in a pursuit-tracking task. Experimental Brain Research, 228, 155-160.

2012

  • Bischoff, M., Zentgraf, K., Lorey, B., Pilgramm. S., Balser, N., Baumgartner, E., Hohmann, T., Stark, R., Vaitl, D. & Munzert, J. Motor familiarity: Brain activation when watching kinematic displays of one’s own movements. Neuropsychologia, 50, 2085–2092.

  • Lorey, B., Kaletsch, M., Pilgramm, S., Bischoff, M., Kindermann, S., Sauerbier, I., Stark, R., Zentgraf, K. & Munzert, J. Confidence in emotion perception in point-light displays varies with the ability to perceive own emotions. PLoS ONE 7(8):e42169.  

  • Zimmermann, K., Bischoff, M., Lorey, B., Stark, R., Munzert, J. & Zentgraf, K. Neural correlates of switching attentional focus during finger movements: An fMRI study. Frontiers in Psychology 3:555. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00555 

  • Zwickel, J., Hegele, M., & Grosjean, M. Ocular tracking of biological and non-biological motion: the effect of instructed agency. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 19, 52-57.

2011

  • Heuer, H. & Hegele, M. Generalization of implicit and explicit adjustments to visuo-motor rotations across the workspace in younger and older adults. Journal of Neurophysiology, 106, 2078-2085.

  • Heuer, H., Hegele, M. & Sülzenbrück, S. Implicit and explicit adjustments to extrinsic visuo-motor transformations and their age-related changes. Human Movement Science, 30, 916-930.

  • Lorey, B., Pilgramm, S., Bischoff, M., Stark, R., Vaitl, D., Kindermann, S., Munzert, J. & Zentgraf, K. Activation of the parieto-premotor network is associated with vivid motor imagery—A parametric fMRI study. PLoS ONE 6(5): e20368. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020368 .

  • Naumann, T. (2011). Volle Kraft voraus in der Neurorehabilitation? In: J.M. Jäger, K. Krüger (Hrsg.). Der Muskel im Sport (S. 332-333). KVM: Marburg.

  • Reiser, M., Büsch, D. & Munzert, J. Strength gains by motor imagery with different ratios of physical to mental practice. Frontiers in Psychology 2:194. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00194 

  • Sülzenbrück, S., Hegele, M., Rinkenauer, G., & Heuer, H. The death of handwriting: Secondary effects of frequent computer use on basic motor skills. Journal of Motor Behavior, 43, 247-251.

  • Zentgraf, K., Naumann, T. & Lorey, B. Bewegungsvorstellungstraining in Sport und Rehabilitation: Grundlagen und Anwendung. In Ch. Dettmers & K. M. Stephan (Hrsg.), Motorische Therapie nach Schlaganfall (S. 157–177). Bad Honnef: Hippocampus Verlag.

 2010

  • Hegele, M. "Embodied Perception" fokussiert zu eng auf die Eigenschaften des Körpers. Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie, 17, 157-158.

  • Hegele, M. & Heuer, H. Adaptation to a direction-dependent gain in the young and elderly.Psychological Research, 21, 21-34.

  • Hegele, M. & Heuer, H. Anpassung an visumotorische Transformationen unter indirekter Sicht in frühem und spätem Erwerbsalter. Zeitschrift für Arbeitswissenschaft, 64, 265-277.

  • Hegele, M. & Heuer, H. Implicit and explicit components of dual adaptation to visuomotor rotations.Consciousness and Cognition, 19, 906-917.

  • Hegele, M. & Heuer, H. The impact of augmented information on visuo-motor adaptation in younger and older adults. PLoS One. http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012071

  • Heuer, H. & Hegele, M. The effects of mechanical transparency on adjustment to a complex visuo-motor transformation at early and late working age. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 16,399-412.

  • Lorey, B., Pilgramm, S., Walter, B., Stark, R.,  Munzert, J. & Zentgraf, K. Your mind's hand: Motor imagery of pointing movements with different accuracy. NeuroImage, 49, 3239–3247.

  • Pilgramm, S., Lorey, B., Stark, R., Munzert, J., Vaitl, D. & Zentgraf, K. (2010). Differential activation of the lateral premotor cortex during action observation. BMC Neuroscience,  11:89. doi:10.1186/1471-2202-11-89 

  • Sülzenbrück, S., Hegele, M. Heuer, H. & Rinkenauer, G. Generalized slowing is not that general in older adults: Evidence from a tracing task. Occupational Ergonomics, 9, 111-117.

2009
  • Heuer, H. & Hegele, M. Adjustment to a complex visuo-motor transformation at early and late working age. Ergonomics, 52, 1039-1054.

  • Hegele, M. The Animate-Inanimate Distinction in Visuomotor Coordination. Perceptuomotor Crosstalk in the Presence and Absence of Biological Topography and Biological Kinematics. Dortmund: Techn. Univ. E-Diss. https://eldorado.tu-dortmund.de:443/dspace/handle/2003/26525

  • Lorey, B., Bischoff, M., Pilgramm, S., Stark, R., Munzert, J. & Zentgraf, K. The embodied nature of motor imagery: the influence of posture and perspective. Experimental Brain Research, 194, 233–243.

  • Munzert, J., Lorey, B. & Zentgraf, K. Cognitive motor processes: The role of motor imagery in the study of motor representations. Brain Research Reviews, 60, 306–326. 

  • Pilgramm, S., Lorey, B., Stark, R., Munzert, J. & Zentgraf, K. The role of own-body-representations in action observation: an fMRI study. Neuroreport, 20, 997–1001.

  • Zentgraf*, K., Lorey*, B., Bischoff, M., Zimmermann, K., Stark, R. & Munzert, J. Neural correlates of attentional focusing during finger movements: an fMRI study. Journal of Motor Behavior, 41, 535–541.

  • Zentgraf, K., Lorey, B., Reiser, M. & Munzert, J. (2009). Bewegungsvorstellungstraining in der motorischen Rehabilitation. Neurologie & Rehabilitation, 15, 229–235.

2008
  • Heuer, H., & Hegele, M. Adaptation to direction-dependent visuo-motor rotations and its decay in younger and older adults. Acta Psychologica, 127, 369-381.

  • Heuer, H., & Hegele, M. Adaptation to nonlinear visuo-motor amplitude transformation with continuous and terminal visual feedback. Journal of Motor Behavior, 40, 368-379.

  • Heuer, H., & Hegele, M. Adaptation to visuo-motor rotations in younger and older adults. Psychology & Aging, 23, 190-202.

  • Heuer, H. & Hegele, M. Constraints on visuo-motor adaptation depend on the type of visual feedback during practice. Experimental Brain Research, 185, 101-110.

  • Heuer, H., & Hegele, M. Adaptation to direction-dependent visuo-motor rotations and its decay in younger and older adults. Acta Psychologica, 127, 369-381.

2007
  • Hegele, M. & Erlacher, D. Focusing along multiple dimensions: spatial, temporal, and modal aspects of distality. E-Journal Bewegung & Training, 1, 21-23.

  • Heuer, H., & Hegele, M. Learning new visuo-motor gains at early and late working age. Ergonomics, 50, 979-1003.

2006

  • Heuer, H., & Hegele, M. Bewegungen mit indirekter Sicht im Altersverlauf. Zeitschrift für Arbeitswissenschaft, 60, 221-229.

2005

  • Reiser, M. Kraftgewinne durch Vorstellung maximaler Muskelkontraktionen. Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie, 12, 11–21.

  • Zentgraf, K., Stark, R., Reiser, M., Künzell, S., Schienle, A.,Kirsch, P.,Walter, B., Vaitl, D. & Munzert, J. Differential activation of pre-SMA and SMA proper during action observation: Effects of instructions. NeuroImage26, 662–672.