Prof. Dr. Cornelia Frank (Leitung)

Werdegang & ?mter

Wissenschaftliche Berufslaufbahn

• Seit 01.10.2024 Professorin für Bewegungswissenschaften an der Universit?t Bremen
• 2020-2024 Juniorprofessorin für Sportwissenschaft mit dem Schwerpunkt Bewegung und Training an der Universit?t Osnabrück
• 2018-2019 Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeit (Postdoktorandin) in den Arbeitsgruppen Neurokognition und Bewegung sowie Sport und Erziehung an der Universit?t Bielefeld
• 2014-2018 Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeit (Postdoktorandin) in der Arbeitsgruppe Neurokognition und Bewegung sowie am Center for Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC) der Universit?t Bielefeld (Interdisziplin?res Large Scale Project: Intelligent Coaching Space)
• 2010-2014 Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeit (Doktorandin) in der Arbeitsgruppe Neurokognition und Bewegung sowie am Center for Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC) der Universit?t Bielefeld (Promotionsprojekt: Mental representation and mental practice)

Wissenschaftliche Ausbildung

• 2023 Positive Zwischenevaluation als Juniorprofessorin für Sportwissenschaft mit dem Schwerpunkt Bewegung und Training an der Universit?t Osnabrück
• 2014 Promotion zur Dr. rer. nat. an der Fakult?t für Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft der Universit?t Bielefeld
• 2014 Abschluss Promotionsstudium Intelligent Systems am Center for Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC) an der Universit?t Bielefeld
• 2008 Abschluss Magisterstudium in den F?chern Sportwissenschaft, Sport in Rehabilitation und Pr?vention sowie Psychologie an der Universit?t Heidelberg

Ausgew?hlte ?mter an Universit?ten

• seit 2025 Mitglied des Wissenschaftsschwerpunkts Minds, Media, Machines der Universit?t Bremen
• seit 2025 Stellvertretende Vorsitzende der Fachkommission und des Prüfungsausschusses des Faches Sportwissenschaft an der Universit?t Bremen
• 2022-2024 Mitglied des Fachbereichsrats am Fachbereich Erziehungs- und Kulturwissenschaften der Universit?t Osnabrück
• 2021-2024 Mitglied des Vorstands am Institut für Sport- und Bewegungswissenschaften der Universit?t Osnabrück
• 2014-2020 Mitglied des Wissenschaftlichen Vorstands des Exzellenzclusters Kognitive Interaktionstechnologie an der Universit?t Bielefeld
• 2012-2015 Mitglied des Lenkungsausschusses des Promotionsstudiengangs Intelligente Systeme an der Technischen Fakult?t/ des Exzellenzclusters Kognitive Interaktionstechnologie an der Universit?t Bielefeld
• 2011-2014 Mitglied des Vorstands der Graduiertenschule als Sprecherin der Doktoranden am Exzellenzcluster Kognitive Interaktionstechnologie der Universit?t Bielefeld

Au?eruniversit?re ?mter und T?tigkeiten

Netzwerke und Mitgliedschaften

• seit 2025 Mitglied des Sprecherrats der Sektion Sportmotorik der Deutschen Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft
• seit 2015 Organisatorin der europaweiten Interessensgruppe Research in Imagery and Observation (RIO)
• seit 2011 Mitglied der Deutschen Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft (dvs)
• seit 2011 Mitglied der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie (asp)
• FEPSAC, NASPSPA, ISSP

Herausgeberschaften

• seit 2023 Mitglied des Editorial Boards der Zeitschrift ?Journal of Motor Learning and Development‘
• seit 2021 Mitglied des Editorial Boards der Zeitschrift ‘International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology’
• seit 2015 Mitglied des Editorial Boards der Zeitschrift ?Imagination, Cognition and Personality‘
• 2021-2024 Guest Lead Editor des Themenheftes Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Imagery and Imagery Practice of Motor Actions (澳门皇冠_皇冠足球比分-劲爆体育)
• 2018-2021 Guest Associate Editor des Themenheftes Progress in Computer Gaming and Esports (澳门皇冠_皇冠足球比分-劲爆体育)

Begutachtungen

u. a. für British Journal of Psychology, Cognitive Processing, Cortex, European Journal of Sport Science, Experimental Brain Research, German Journal of Sport and Exercise, International Journal of Sport Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, Learning and Motivation, Nature Communications Biology, Neuroscience, Perceptual and Motor Skills, Psychological Research, Psychology of Sport and Exercise, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, Reviews of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie

Forschungsschwerpunkte

? Motorisches Lernen/ Bewegungslernen

? Motorische Kognition

? Vorstellung/ Lernen durch Vorstellung

? Beobachtung/ Lernen durch Beobachtung

? Virtuelle Realit?t/ Neue Technologien

? Instruktion und Feedback

? Bewegungsplanung in der frühen Kindheit

? Psychologische Trainingsformen mit Kindern und Jugendlichen

? Quantitative Methoden

Hier finden Sie weitere Informationen zum "Cognition, Imagery and Learning in Action Laboratory".

Lehrgebiete

Bewegungswissenschaft

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• Grundlagen der Bewegungswissenschaft
• Bewegungen lehren und lernen
• Instruktion, Analyse, Feedback
• Bewegungslernen in und mit Virtueller Realit?t

Sportpsychologie

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• Psychologische Trainingsformen
• Mentales Training in der Schule

Kognitionswissenschaft

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• Kognition und Handlungssteuerung
• Kognitive Systeme/ Assistenzsysteme

Trainingswissenschaft

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• Grundlagen der Trainingswissenschaft
• Training im Schulsport

Theorie und Praxis der Sportarten/ Bewegungsfelder

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• Ski alpin/ Auf Schnee und Eis

Publikationen

Zeitschriftenbeitr?ge

Chye, S., Chembila Valappil, A., Knight, R., Greene, A., Shearer, D. A., Frank, C., Diss, C., & Bruton, A. (2025). Does model type influence the effectiveness of combined action observation and motor imagery training for novices learning an Ankle Pick takedown? Frontiers in Psychology, 16. (doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1596660) link (link to OSF preprint)

Schütz, C., & Frank, C. (2025). Hysteresis in posture selection in preschool children. Cognitive Development, 74, 101588. (doi: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2025.101588)

Schütz, C., & Frank, C. (2024). Data for "Hysteresis in posture selection in preschool children" [Data set]. Universit?t Bielefeld. (doi: 10.4119/unibi/2999360)

Linnhoff, D., Kaiser, R., Mattes, K., & Frank, C. (2025). Cognitive representation of gait: Differences in memory structures between individuals after total knee arthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty. Cognitive Processing, 26, 423-433. (doi: 10.1007/s10339-024-01255-4)

Wright, D., Matthew, S., Kraeutner, S., Barhoun, P., Bertollo, M., Campbell, M., Waltzing, B.,… & Holmes, P. (2024). An international estimate of the prevalence of differing visual imagery abilities. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1454107. (doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1454107)

Frank, C., Guillot, A., & Vogt, S. (2024). Imagery and motor learning: A special issue on the neurocognitive mechanisms of imagery and imagery practice of motor actions. Psychological Research, 88, 1785-1789. (doi: 10.1007/s00426-024-01982-5)

Frank, C., Kraeutner, S., Rieger, M., & Boe, S. (2024). Learning motor actions via imagery – perceptual or motor learning? Psychological Research, 88, 1820-1832. (doi: 0.1007/s00426-022-01787-4) (published online 2023)

Bach, P., Frank, C., & Kunde, W. (2024). Why motor imagery isn’t really motoric: Towards a reconceptualization in terms of effect-based action control. Psychological Research, 88, 1790-1804. (doi: 10.1007/s00426-022-01773-w) (published online 2022)

Chye, S., Chembila-Valappil, A., Knight, R., Shearer, D., Frank, C., Diss, C., & Bruton, A. (2024). Action observation perspective influences the effectiveness of combined action observation and motor imagery training for novice learning an Osoto Gari throw. Scientific Reports, 14, 19990. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-70315-8)

Guillot, A., Di Rienzo, F., Frank, C., Debarnot, U., & MacIntyre, T. (2024). From simulation to motor execution: A review of the impact of dynamic motor imagery on performance. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 17, 420-439. (doi: 10.1080/1750984X.2021.2007539) (published online 2021)

Hardwick, R., Moreno-Verdú, M., Hamoline, G., Van Caenegem, E. E., Waltzing, B. M., Forest, S., … Wright, D. (2024). Guidelines for Reporting Action Simulation Studies (GRASS): Proposals to improve reporting of research in Motor Imagery and Action Observation. Neuropsychologia, 192, 108733. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2023.108733)

Wang, K.-P., Frank, C., Hung, T.-M., & Schack, T. (2023). Neurofeedback training: Decreases in Mu rhythm lead to improved motor performance in complex visuomotor skills. Current Psychology, 42, 20860-20871. (doi: 10.1007/s12144-022-03190-z) (published online 2022)

d’Aquino, A., Frank, C., Hagan, J. E., & Schack, T. (2023, online). Eye movements during motor imagery and execution reveal different visuomotor control strategies in manual interception. Psychophysiology, e14401. (doi: 10.1111/psyp.14401)

Frank, C., Hülsmann, F., Waltemate, T., Wright, D., Eaves, D., Bruton, A., Botsch, M., & Schack, T. (2023). Motor imagery during action observation in virtual reality: The impact of watching myself performing at a level I have not yet achieved. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 21, 401-427. (doi: 10.1080/1612197X.2022.2057570) (published online 2022)

Frank, C., Klüver, J., & Simonsmeier, B. (2023, online). Imagery training of motor actions in children and adolescents: A meta-analysis. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology. (doi: 10.1080/1750984X.2023.2167225)

Chye, S., Valappil, A. C.., Wright, D. J., Frank, C., Shearer, D. A., Tyler, C. J., Diss, C. E., Mian, O. S., Tillin, N. A., & Bruton, A. M. (2022). The effects of combined action observation and motor imagery on corticospinal excitability and movement outcomes: A meta-analysis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 143, 104911. (doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104911)

d’Aquino, A., Frank, C., Hagan, J. E., & Schack, T. (2022). Imagining interceptions: Eye movements as an online indicator of covert processes during motor imagery. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 16, 940772. (doi: 10.3389/fnins.2022.940772)

Wright, D., Frank, C., & Bruton, A. (2022). Recommendations for combining action observation and motor imagery interventions in sport. Journal of Sport Psychology in Action, 13, 155-167. (doi: 10.1080/21520704.2021.1971810) (published online 2021)

Frank, C., Bekemeier, K., & Menze-Sonneck, A. (2021). Imagery training in school-based physical education improves the performance and the mental representation of a complex action in comprehensive school students. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 56, 101972. (doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.101972)

Schack, T. & Frank, C. (2021). Mental representation and the cognitive architecture of skilled action. Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 12, 527-546. (doi: 10.1007/s13164-020-00485-7) (published online 2020)

Toth, A., Frank, C., Putrino, D., & Campbell, M. (2021). Editorial: Progress in computer gaming and Esports: Neurocognitive and motor perspectives. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 686152. (doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.686152)

Wang, K.-P., Frank, C., Tsai, Y.-y., Lin, K.-H., Chen, T.-T., Cheng, M.-Y., Huang, C.-J., Hung, T.-M., & Schack, T. (2021). Superior performance in skilled golfers characterized by dynamic neuromotor processes related to attentional focus. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 633228. (doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.633228)

Simonsmeier, B., Andronie, M., Buecker, S., & Frank, C. (2021). The effects of imagery interventions in sports: A meta-analysis. International Reviews of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 14, 186-207. (doi: 10.1080/1750984X.2020.1780627) (published online 2020)

Kim, T., Frank, C., & Schack, T. (2020). The effect of alternate training of action observation and motor imagery on cognitive and skill performance. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 51, 101-121. (doi: 10.7352/IJSP.2020.51.101)

Meier, C., Frank, C., & Groeben, B. (2020). Verbal instructions and motor learning: How analogies and motion rules influence the development of mental representations and tennis serve performance. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 2. (doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00002)

Menze-Sonneck, A., Bekemeier, K., & Frank, C. (2019). Stell dir vor! Vorstellungstraining im Sportunterricht der Sekundarstufe II. Sportunterricht, 68, 301-305.

Menze-Sonneck, A., Bekemeier, K., & Frank, C. (2019). Ein Unterrichtsvorhaben zur Einbindung des Vorstellungstrainings in der gymnasialen Oberstufe am Beispiel des Hüftaufschwungs. Sportunterricht, 68, 313-318.

Frank, C., Hülsmann, F.*, Senna, I.* (*Erstautoren), Ernst, M., Schack, T., & Botsch, M. (2019). Superimposed skilled performance in a virtual mirror improves motor performance and cognitive representation of a full-body motor action. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, 6, 43. (doi: 10.3389/frobt.2019.00043)

Frank, C., Kim, T., & Schack, T. (2018). Observational practice promotes action-related order-formation in long-term memory: Investigating action observation and the development of cognitive representation in complex motor action. Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 6, 53-72. (doi: 10.1123/jmld.2017-0007)

Frank, C., Linstromberg, G.-L., Hennig, L., Heinen, T., & Schack, T. (2018). Team action imagery: Imagery of game situations and required team actions promotes a functional structure in players’ representations of team-level tactics. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 40, 20-30. (doi: 10.1123/jsep.2017-0088)

Wright, D., Wood, G., Eaves, D., Bruton, A., Frank, C., Franklin, Z. (2018). Corticospinal excitability is facilitated by combined action observation and motor imagery of a basketball free throw. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 39, 114-121. (doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2018.08.006)

Simonsmeier, B. A., Frank, C., Gubelmann, H., & Schneider, M. (2018). The effects of motor imagery training on performance and mental representation of 7- to 15-year-old gymnasts of different levels of expertise. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 7, 155-168. (doi: 10.1037/spy0000117)

Frank, C. & Schack, T. (2017). The representation of (inter)action, states of action, and learning: Three perspectives on learning by way of imagery and execution. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 678 (doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00678)

Kim, T., Frank, C., & Schack, T. (2017). A systematic investigation of the effect of action observation training and motor imagery training on the development of mental representation structure and skill performance. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11, 499. (doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00499)

Hülsmann, F., Frank, C., Schack, T., Kopp, S., & Botsch, M. (2016). Multi-level analysis of motor actions as a basis for effective coaching in virtual reality. In P. Chung, A. Soltoggio, C. W. Dawson, Q. Meng, & M. Pain (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Computer Science in Sport (ISCSS) vom 09. bis 11. September in Loughborough, Vereinigtes K?nigreich (pp. 211-214). Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 392. Heidelberg: Springer. (doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-24560-7)

Frank, C., & Schack, T. (2016). In my mind’s (quiet) eye: A perceptual-cognitive approach to the Quiet Eye ? comment on Vickers. Current Issues in Sport Science, 1:107. (doi: 10.15203/CISS_2016.107)

Frank, C., Land, W. M., & Schack, T. (2016). Perceptual-cognitive changes during motor learning: The influence of mental and physical practice on mental representation, gaze behavior, and performance of a complex action. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 1981. (doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01981)

Frank, C., Land, W. M., Popp, C., & Schack, T. (2014). Mental representation and mental practice: Experimental investigation on the functional links between motor memory and motor imagery. PLoS ONE, 9(4), e95175. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095175)

Land, W. M., Frank, C., & Schack, T. (2014). The influence of attentional focus on the development of skill representation in a complex action. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 15, 30-38. (doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2013.09.006)

Schack, T., Essig, K., Frank, C., & Koester, D. (2014). Mental representation and motor imagery training. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8, 328. (doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00328)

Frank, C., Land, W. M., & Schack, T. (2013). Mental representation and learning: The influence of practice on the development of mental representation structure in complex action. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 14, 353-361. (doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2012.12.001)

Themenhefte

Frank, C., Guillot, A., & Vogt, S. (2024). Special Issue on the Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Imagery and Imagery Practice of Motor Actions. Psychological Research, 88. (Full Special Issue)

Buchbeitr?ge

Frank, C. (2024). Virtuelle Realit?t: Die Zukunft des individualisierten Lehrens und Lernens von Bewegung? In C. Englert, I. Pfeffer, C. Vater, & K. Staufenbiel (Hrsg.), Sportpsychologie. Grundlagen und Trends (S. 183-199). Tübingen: UKV.

Frank, C. & Schack, T. (2022). Teaching closed self-paced motor tasks in Virtual Reality. In R. Lidor & G. Ziv (Eds.), The Psychology of Closed Self-Paced Motor Tasks in Sports (pp. 146-159). New York: Routledge. (doi: 10.4324/9781003148425)

Frank, C. (2020). Virtual Reality and mental training. In M. Bertollo, E. Filho, & P. Terry (Eds.), Advancements in Mental Skills Training (pp. 177-186). Oxon, New York: Routledge. (doi: 10.4324/9780429025112)

Frank, C., Wright, D., & Holmes, P. (2020). Mental simulation and neurocognition: Advances for motor imagery and action observation training in sport. In D. Hackfort & R. J. Schinke (Eds.), Routledge International Encyclopedia of Sport and Exercise Psychology. Volume 2: Applied and Practical Measures (pp. 411-428). Oxon, New York: Routledge. (ISBN: 9781138734463)

Schack, T., & Frank, C. (2019). Ideomotor training. In D. Hackfort, R. Schinke, & B. Strauss (Eds.), Dictionary of Sport Psychology: Sport, Exercise, and Performing Arts (pp. 138-139). London: Elsevier. (ISBN: 9780128131503)

Frank, C. (2016). Learning a motor action from within: Insights into the development of one’s action representation with mental and physical practice. In M. Raab, P. Wylleman, R. Seiler, A.-M. Elbe, & A. Hatzigeorgiadis, Sport and Exercise Psychology Research from Theory to Practice (pp. 91-121). Amsterdam: Elsevier. (ISBN: 9780128036341)