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Dr Stephan Dahm is a researcher at the Department of General Psychology I, Faculty of Psychology and Sport Science, University of Innsbruck, Austria. He currently leads two funded projects: an Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) project on Action representations and automatization after action imagery practice and an Austrian Science Fund (FWF) project on The measurement of action imagery ability.
Research interests
- Mechanisms of motor control underlying imagined and executed movements
- Motor imagery and assessment of action imagery ability
- Mental practice and motor learning
- Intermanual transfer of learning
- Implicit sequence learning
- Bimanual coordination
- Experimental psychology
His work explores how cognitive constraints shape motor imagery, how imagery practice can automatize stimulus-response associations, and how sequence knowledge transfers between hands. A central theme is the comparison between imagined and executed actions using behavioural paradigms and chronometric measures.
Key publications
Across more than 30 peer-reviewed articles (2015-2025), Dahm has advanced understanding of motor imagery timing, effector independence, and the role of internal forward models in detecting errors during imagery. His recent work in Psychological Research and Human Movement Science demonstrates that imagery practice can induce robust learning and transfer effects comparable to physical practice.
Funding & projects
- FWF Project P 36142-B: The measurement of action imagery ability
- ÖAW Project: Action representations and automatization after action imagery practice
Advising & collaboration
Dr Dahm welcomes inquiries from master’s students interested in experimental sport psychology or his specific research themes. He maintains active collaboration networks evidenced by international co-authored papers and open-science resources such as OpenSesame implementations.
Labs & affiliations
He is based in Room 2S14 (2nd floor) at University of Innsbruck, Universitätsstraße 5–7, and can be reached at Stephan.Dahm@uibk.ac.at.
