
Prof. Dr. Karen Zentgraf
Department 05: Psychology & Sports Sciences
Institute for Sports Sciences
Movement Science and Training in Sports
Campus Ginnheim | Ginnheimer Landstraße 39
60487 Frankfurt am Main
Tel +49 (0) 69 798 24524
E-Mail: zentgraf@sport.uni-frankfurt.de
Scientific Focus
human performance, motor cognition, sports expertise, action observation
Methods
fMRI, motor performance, kinematics
Selected Publications
Zentgraf, K., Musculus, L., Reichert, L., Will, L., Roffler, A., Hacker, S., Hilpisch, C., Wiedenbrüg, K., Cermak, N., Lenz, C., de Haan, H., Mutz, M., Wiese, L., Al-Ghezi, A., Raab, M., & Krüger, K. (2024). Advocating individual-based profiles of elite athletes to capture the multifactorial nature of elite sports performance. Scientific Reports, 14, 26351. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-76977-8
Zentgraf, K. & Raab, M. (2023). Excellence and expert performance in sports: What do we know and where are we going? International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 21, 5, 1-21.https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2023.2229362
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, 2, 306-326.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainresrev.2008.12.024
Eils, E., Cañal-Bruland, R., Sieverding, L., de Lussanet de la Sablonière, M. H. E., & Zentgraf, K. (2017). Vision adds to haptics when dyads perform a whole-body joint balance task. Experimental Brain Research, 235, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-017-4952-1
Zentgraf, K., Stark, R., Reiser, M., Künzell, S., Schienle, A., Kirsch, P., Walter, B., Vaitl, D., & Munzert, J. (2005). Differential activation of pre-SMA and SMA proper during action observation: Effects of instructions. NeuroImage, 26, 3, 6662-672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.02.015
