Mathias Hegele

Mathias Hegele is a Professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Sports Science, Justus-Liebig Universität Gießen. His research focuses on motor learning, predictive error processing, and the neural mechanisms underlying human agency and sports performance.

• Project B6: Investigates predictive error perception in natural environments
• Project C5: Explores animate-inanimate distinctions in action and language perception

His work combines neurophysiological methods with behavioral experiments, spanning studies on elite basketball players, schizophrenia patients, and general motor adaptation. Collaborators include Prof. Dr. Hermann Müller and Dr. Lisa Maurer.

Recent publications analyze:

• Mechanisms of outcome prediction in sports
• Neural correlates of error valuation
• Agency perception in biological motion tracking
• Sensory signal integration in motor tasks

He advises PhD students Theresa Brand and Lea Junge-Bornholt, with email contact mathias.hegele@sport.uni-giessen.de.