The IfSS welcomes another doctor!

In her doctoral thesis entitled 'Action priming by events from sporting environmental situations - On the influence of visual perception of linear and rotational movements and speed on action control', Claudia Classen dealt intensively with the Simon effect known from psychology.
The effect describes a finding in which the response latencies to a stimulus are lower if the stimulus and the location at which the stimulus is reacted to are compatible with each other. On the other hand, response times are longer for incompatible conditions.
Classen used the findings of the Simon effect and applied it in particular to linear and rotational movements as well as to the speeds of action control. Based on a stimulus-response test for rotational movements, in which she also recorded the gaze movement of the test subjects, she transferred her results to rotational movements in apparatus gymnastics, using the example of the giant rim swing. In her disputation on Wednesday, March 6, 2013, Classen presented interesting results from her dissertation in a remarkable manner. The examination committee recognized the performance of the thesis as well as the presentation with a very good evaluation.

The IfSS congratulates her warmly!