* for contributions before 2020, see here
Journal Publications
Wright, D., Matthew, S., Kraeutner, S., Barhoun, P., Bertollo, M., Campbell, M., Waltzing, … & Holmes, P. (2024). An international estimate of the prevalence of differing visual imagery abilities. Frontiers in Psychology, 15. (doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1454107) (link) (link to SSRN)
Frank, C., Guillot, A., & Vogt, S. (2024). Special issue on the Neurocognitive Mechanisms of imagery and imagery practice of motor actions. Psychological Research, 88, 6. [Special Issue] (link)
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) (link)
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) (link) (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) (link) (link to OSF preprint) (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 novices learning an Osoto Gari throw. Scientific Reports, 14, 19990. (doi: 10.31234/osf.io/nraux) (link) (link to PsyArXiv)
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: 10.31234/osf.io/9vywr) (link) (link to PsyArXiv)
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) (link) (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) (link)
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) (link) (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) (link)
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) (link) (link to bioRxiv preprint)
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) (link)
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) (link) (published online 2021)
Guillot, A., Di Rienzo, F., Frank, C., Debarnot, U., & MacIntyre, T. (2021, online). From simulation to motor execution: a review of the impact of dynamic motor imagery on performance. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology. (doi: 10.1080/1750984X.2021.2007539) (link)
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) (link)
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) (Invited contribution to the Special Issue Skilled Action, Mylopoulos and Pacherie) (link) (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) (link)
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) (link)
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) (link) (published online 2020)
Meier, C., Frank, C., Groeben, B., & Schack, T. (2020). Verbal instructions and motor learning: How analogy and explicit instructions influence the development of mental representations and tennis serve performance. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 2. (doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00002) (link)
Book Chapters
Frank, C. (in press). Virtuelle Realität: Die Zukunft des individualisierten Lehrens und Lernens von Bewegung? In Englert, C., Pfeffer, I., Vater, C., & Staufenbiel, K. (Hrsg.), Sportpsychologie.
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. 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) (link)
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) (link)
Frank, C., Wright, D. J., & Holmes, P. S. (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. (link)
Keynotes
Frank, C. (2021, Sep). Quo vadis Goldstandard? Evidenz zwischen Reviews, Meta-Analysen und Co. Keynote, Young Researchers’ Conference of the German Association for Sport Psychology (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie: asp) from Sep 09th to Sep 11th in Tübingen.
Frank, C. (2021, May). Imagery and learning of motor actions. From real world to virtual reality. Keynote, 22nd Congress of the Italian Association for Sport and Exercise Psychology (Associazione Italiana Psicologia dello Sport e dell’esercizio: AIPS), Online.
Conferences
Frank, C., Vogt, S., & Guillot, A. (2020). Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Motor Imagery Practice: Current directions and new perspectives (see here)
Symposia
Frank, C. & Dahm, S. F. (2023). Stell dir vor, du bewegst dich! Vorstellungsfähigkeit und Lernen durch Vorstellung. 55th Annual Conference of the German Association for Sport Psychology (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie: asp) from May 18th to 20th in Stuttgart (p. 37). (Organization of symposium; contributors: Wieland/ Frankfurt, Schott/ Stuttgart, Frank/ Osnabrück, Polzien/ Osnabrück, Dahm/ Innsbruck)
Frank, C. (2022). Vorstellung, Kontrolle und Lernen von Handlungen: Neurokognitive und neuromuskuläre Aspekte. 54th Annual Conference of the German Association for Sport Psychology (asp) from June 16th to 18th in Münster (p. XX). (Organization of symposium; contributors: Markmeyer/ Münster, Dahm/ Hall, Wieland/ Frankfurt)
Frank, C. (2021). Mentales Training im Kindes- und Jugendalter. Von kognitiven Voraussetzungen zur Anwendung in Training und Unterricht. 53rd Annual Conference of the German Association for Sport Psychology (asp) from May 13th to 15th in Tübingen, Online (p. 46). (Organization of symposium; contributors: Stuhr/ Rostock, Klüver/ Bielefeld, Frank/ Osnabrück)
Talks
Frank C., & Ryll, S. (2023). The quiet eye in children and adolescents: A systematic review. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 45, 1, S30-31. (Conference of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA) from June 1st to 3rd in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Talk, Frank))
Frank, C., Bockholt, S., & Meier, C. (2023). Just imagine throwing the ball? The influence of imagery training on motor learning in children. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 45, 1, S31. (Conference of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA) from June 1st to 3rd in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Talk, Frank))
Frank, C., Bockholt, S., & Meier, C. (2023). Mentales Training mit Kindern? Zum Einfluss von Vorstellungstraining mit Analogien auf das Bewegungslernen. 55th Annual Conference of the German Association for Sport Psychology (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie: asp) from May 18th to 20th in Stuttgart (p. 40-41). (Talk, Frank)
Polzien, A., Stürmer V. Y., Schütz, C., Frank, C. (2023). Beeinflusst ein Vorstellungstraining die Bewegungsplanung beim Lernen des Golfputts? 55th Annual Conference of the German Association for Sport Psychology (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie: asp) from May 18th to 20th in Stuttgart (p. 41-42). (Talk, Frank)
Frank, C., Bockholt, S., & Meier, C. (2023). Just imagine throwing the ball? The influence of imagery training on motor learning in children. Annual meeting of the ‘Research in Imagery and Observation’ (RIO) group from May 11th to 12th at University of Limerick, Ireland. (Talk, Frank)
Polzien, A., von Stürmer, Y., Schütz, C., & Frank, C. (2023). Is learning by way of imagery of motor actions driven by changes in action planning? Annual meeting of the ‘Research in Imagery and observation’ (RIO) group from May 11th to 12th at University of Limerick, Ireland. (Talk, Polzien)
Frank, C., Klüver, J., & Simonsmeier, B. (2022). Imagery training of motor actions in children: A meta-analysis. 16th European Congress of Sport and Exercise Psychology (FEPSAC) from July 11th to July 17th in Padova, Italy (p. 394). (Talk, Frank; not attended due to Covid)
Markmeyer, L., Bach, P., Kunde, W., & Frank, C. (2022). Stell dir einfach vor, du triffst!? Akute Effekte von effekt- und handlungsbasierter Vorstellung auf die Leistung in Abhängigkeit der Expertise. 54th Annual Conference of the German Association for Sport Psychology (asp) from June 16th to 18th in Münster (p. XX). (Talk, Markmeyer / Invited Symposium on Vorstellung, Kontrolle und Lernen von Handlungen: Neurokognitive und neuromuskuläre Aspekte, Frank/ Osnabrück)
Markmeyer, L., Bach, P., Kunde, W., & Frank, C. (2022). Just imagine holing the ball!? On the influence of effect- and action-based pre-performance imagery on putting error. Annual Meeting of the Research in Imagery and Observation (RIO) group May 11th/ 12th and 17th/ 18th, Online. (Talk, Markmeyer)
Frank, C. Bekemeier, K., & Menze-Sonneck, A. (2021). Mentales Training in der Schule?! Zur Wirksamkeit von Vorstellungstraining im Sportunterricht. 53rd Annual Conference of the German Association for Sport Psychology (asp) from May 13th to 15th in Tübingen, Online (p. 49). (Talk, Frank / Invited Symposium on Mentales Training im Kindes- und Jugendalter. Von kognitiven Voraussetzungen zur Anwendung in Training und Unterricht, Frank/ Osnabrück)
Klüver, J., Simonsmeier, B., & Frank, C. (2021). Zur Anwendbarkeit des Mentalen Trainings bei Kindern und Jugendlichen: Eine Meta-Analyse. 53rd Annual Conference of the German Association for Sport Psychology (asp) from May 13th to 15th in Tübingen, Online (p. 48). (Talk, Klüver / Invited Symposium on Mentales Training im Kindes- und Jugendalter. Von kognitiven Voraussetzungen zur Anwendung in Training und Unterricht, Frank/ Osnabrück)
Bruton, A., Khan, A., Spink, O., McGarry, A., Frank, C., Eaves, D., Wright, D., Chye, S., & Chembila-Valappil, A. (2021). Combined action observation and motor imagery interventions improve self-efficacy and performance in sport. Weekly seminar series of the ‚Research on Imagery and Observation‘ (RIO) group from Feb to April. (Talk, Bruton)
Chembila-Valappil, A., Chye, S., Wright, Frank, C., Eaves, D., Shearer, D., Tyler, C., Diss, C., Mian, O., Tillin, N. & Bruton, A. (2021). Corticospinal effects of combined action observation and motor imagery: A meta-analysis. Weekly seminar series of the ‚Research on Imagery and Observation‘ (RIO) group from Feb to April. (Talk, Chembila-Valappil)
Chye, S., Chembila-Valappil, A., Wright, D., Frank, C., Eaves, D., Shearer, D., Tyler, C., Diss, C., Mian, O., Tillin, N., & Bruton, A. (2021). Behavioral effects of combined action observation and motor imagery: A meta-analysis. Weekly seminar series of the ‚Research on Imagery and Observation‘ (RIO) group from Feb to April. (Talk, Chye)
Frank, C. (2020). Perceptual-cognitive changes in learning a complex action through imagery practice. ZiF-Workshop from Nov 2nd to 4th at the Centre of Interdisciplinary Research in Bielefeld, Online. (Talk, Frank / Invited Workshop on Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Motor Imagery Practice, Frank/ Osnabrück, Vogt/ Lancaster, Guillot/ Villeurbannes).
Poster
Frank, C., Ryll, S. (2023). Das Quiet Eye bei Kindern und Jugendlichen: Eine systematische Übersichtsarbeit. 55th Annual Conference of the German Association for Sport Psychology (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie: asp) from May 18th to 20th in Stuttgart (p. XX). (Poster, Ryll)
Frank, C. & Menck, A. (2022). Coaching actions from a distance? On the influence of individualized, verbal feedback during action observation training at home. 16th European Congress of Sport and Exercise Psychology (FEPSAC) from July 11th to July 17th in Padova, Italy (p. XX). (Poster, Frank)
Frank, C. & Menck, A. (2022). Bewegungen ohne Lehrkraft von Zuhause aus erlernen? Zur Wirksamkeit von individualisierter, verbaler Rückmeldung im Rahmen von Videofeedback. 54th Annual Conference of the German Association for Sport Psychology (asp) from June 16th to 18th in Münster (p. XX). (Poster, Menck)
Press
Nr. 110 / 2021
17. Dezember 2021
Bewegung in virtueller Realität reflektieren – Studierende der Universität Osnabrück untersuchen neue Lehr- und Lernkonzepte für den Sportunterricht
Nr. 171 / 2020
11. November 2020
Kraft der Gedanken: Schon die Vorstellung an Bewegung kann die motorische Leistung verbessern – Osnabrücker Sportwissenschaftlerin forscht über mentales Training