The "Neurocognition and Action – Biomechanics" research group is part of the Center for Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC) at Bielefeld University and Bielefeld University's Faculty of Psychology and Sports Science. From 2007 until 2019, CITEC was part of the Excellence Initiative (EXC 277) funded by the Federal and State Governments.
Center for Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC)
Head of Graduate School Board: Thomas Schack
Member of Graduate School Board: Dirk Koester
Principal Investigator: Thomas Schack
Member of Scientific Board: Thomas Schack, Cornelia Frank
International Society of Sport Psychology - ISSP
Vice President: Thomas Schack
Member of Scientific Committe
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - DFG
Reviewer: Thomas Schack, Dirk Koester
Head of DFG-ANR Project - CEEGE: Thomas Schack, James Crowley (INRIA Grenoble)
Head of DFG Project - CogMech: Christoph Schütz
Von Bodelschwingh Foundation (Bethel)
Head of Bethel Cooperation Project - ACT: Thomas Schack, Ludwig Vogel
Federal Ministry of Education and Research - BMBF
Head of Project - ADAMAAS: Thomas Schack, Kai Essig
The "Neurocognition and Action" group investigates movements of biological organisms, humans, and technical systems in natural and artificial environments. Our main research interest is human movement and its adaptivity. For that purpose, the biological basics, the neurocognitive organization, and the kinematic parameters of human motor functions are analyzed using modern research methods.
Within the Department of Sports Science, the group primarily represents the disciplines of sports psychology, motor control and biomechanics and is dedicated to research, particularly in the areas of performance diagnostics, mental training, neurocognitive organization of movement, media based movement-learning, dynamic testing and sport anxiety.
Moreover, the group works in close cooperation with other faculties and institutes of the university, primarily with the faculty of biology and the technical faculty (cognitive robotics / neuroinformatics). The aim of this interdisciplinary cooperation is to analyze the basic mechanisms of behavior and movement organization with the purpose of future implementation on technical platforms (robots).
Scitech Europa (Pan European Networks)
Analysis of Mental Representations
eBook 2018
Pan European Networks (2017)
Personalised cognitive assistance
Pan European Networks - Sience & Technology (9/2016)
New cognitive interaction systems
Pan European Networks - Sience & Technology (9/2015)
New Perspektives on Human Performance
Wirtschaftswoche (6/2015)
Der Bewegung auf der Spur