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Research Interests

 

Neural Bases of Movement Perception and Motor Imagery

 

Publications:

Lorey, B., Naumann, T., Pilgramm, S., Petermann, C., Bischoff, M., Zentgraf, K., Stark, R., Vaitl, D., & Munzert, J. (in press). Neural simulation of actions: Effector- versus action-specific motor maps within the human premotor and posterior parietal area? Human Brain Mapping. DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22246.

Munzert, J., Lorey, B. & Zentgraf, K. (2009). Cognitive motor processes: The role of motor imagery in the study of motor representations. Brain Research Reviews, 60, 306-326.

Zentgraf, K., Munzert, J., Bischoff, M. & Newman-Norlund, R. (2011). Simulation during observation of human movements - Theories, empirical studies, applications. Vision Research, 51, 827-835.

 

Motor Imagery and Mental Workout

 

Publications:

Lorey, B., Pilgramm, S., Bischoff, M., Stark, R., Vaitl, D., Kindermann, S., Munzert, J. & Zentgraf, K. (2011). 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.

Munzert, J. & Lorey, B. (2013). Motor and visual imagery in sports. In S. Lacey & R. Lawson (Eds.), Mutisensory imagery (pp. 319-341). New York: Springer.

Reiser, M., Büsch, D. & Munzert, J. (2011). Strength gains by motor imagery with different ratios of physical to mental practice. Frontiers in Psychology 2:194. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00194

 

Movement Perception/Biomotion

 

Publications:

Bischoff, M., Zentgraf, K., Lorey, B., Pilgramm. S., Balser, N., Baumgartner, E., Hohmann, T., Stark, R., Vaitl, D. & Munzert, J. (2012). Motor familiarity: Brain activation when watching kinematic displays of one’s own movements. Neuropsychologia, 50, 2085-2092.

Hohmann, T., Troje, N., Olmos, A. & Munzert, J. (2011). The influence of motor expertise and motor experience on action and actor recognition. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 23, 403-415.

Lorey, B., Kaletsch, M., Pilgramm, S., Bischoff, M., Kindermann, S., Sauerbier, I., Stark, R., Zentgraf, K. & Munzert, J. (2012). Confidence in emotion perception in point-light displays varies with the ability to perceive own emotions. PLoS ONE 7(8):e42169. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042169

 

Prediction of Human Movements in Sports

 

Publications:

Balser*, N., Lorey*, B., Pilgramm, S., Stark, R., Bischoff, M., Zentgraf, K., Williams, M. & Munzert, J. (accepted). Prediction of human actions: Expertise and task-related effects on neural activation of the action observation network. Human Brain Mapping.

Bischoff, M., Zentgraf, K., Lorey, B., Pilgramm. S., Balser, N., Baumgartner, E., Hohmann, T., Stark, R., Vaitl, D. & Munzert, J. (2012). Motor familiarity: Brain activation when watching kinematic displays of one’s own movements. Neuropsychologia, 50, 2085-2092.

 

Attentional Focus in Motor Control and Learning

 

Publications:

Maurer, H., & Munzert, J. (2013). Influence of attentional focus on skilled motor performance: Performance decrement under unfamiliar focus conditions. Human Movement Science, 32, 730-740.

Zentgraf, K., Lorey, B., Bischoff, M., Zimmermann, K., Stark, R. & Munzert, J. (2009). Neural correlates of attentional focusing during finger movements: an fMRI study. Journal of Motor Behavior, 41, 535-541.

Zentgraf, K. & Munzert, J. (2009). Effects of attentional focus instructions on movement kinematics. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 10, 520-525.