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New research: Peripheral vision as a key factor for decision-making in soccer.

This study investigates how peripheral visual capacity relates to decision-making efficiency in soccer players. Forty male soccer players completed peripheral vision assessments alongside video-based passing decisions under time pressure.

The findings show that players with a larger peripheral visual field tended to make decisions more efficiently, particularly through faster response times, while the relationship with decision accuracy was weaker. These results suggest that peripheral visual capacity may contribute to perceptual-cognitive performance beyond competitive level and could be a promising target for future training interventions in time-constrained sporting environments.

Ivosevic, L., & Stöckel, T. (2026). Peripheral vision as a key factor for decision-making in soccer. Frontiers in Psychology, 17, 1907506. [via publisher]

Stöckel, T., Borgmann, S., Stuhr, C., & Klatt, S. (2026). Validierung der deutschsprachigen Version der Self-Regulated Learning Scale for Sport Practice (SRL-SP). Journal of Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology, 33(2), 55-72. [online]

Ivosevic, L., & Stöckel, T. (accepted). Anticipation in soccer: Skilled players benefit from early pattern recognition in corner kick situations. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1631208.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1631208 [online] [via publisher]

Stuhr, C., Hughes, C. M. L. & Stöckel, T. (2025). Effectiveness of a Manual Dexterity Training Program to Improve Executive Functioning in Preschool Children: An Individual Difference Analysis. Frontiers in Cognition, 4, 1433759. [online] [via publisher]

We visited the Calo in Zwolle (NL) on an Erasmus stipend to learn from them and adopt strategies for PE teacher education in Rostock. 

Stuhr, C., & Stöckel, T. (2022). Zusammenhang zwischen motorischer Leistung und exekutiven Funktionen im Kindesalter. In S. Klatt & B. Strauß (Hrsg.), Kognition und Motorik - Sportpsychologische Grundlagenforschung und Anwendungen im Sport (S. 211-225). Göttingen: Hogrefe. [online] [via publisher]

Gordon-Murer, C., Stöckel, T., Sera, M., & Hughes, C. M. L. (2021). Developmental differences in the relationships between sensorimotor and executive functions. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 15:714828. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2021.714828 [online] [via publisher]

Jacksteit, R., Stöckel, T., Behrens, M., Feldhege, F., Bergschmidt, P., Bader, R., Mittelmeier, W., Skripitz, R., & Mau-Moeller, A. (2021). Low-load unilateral and bilateral resistance training to restore lower limb function in the early rehabilitation after total knee arthroplasty: a randomized active-controlled clinical trial. Frontiers in Medicine, ID628021. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.628021 [online] [via publisher]

Stöckel, T., & Grimm, R. (2021). Psychophysiological benefits of real-time heart rate feedback in physical education. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 651065. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.651065 [online] [via publisher]

On 25 February 2021 Christina Stuhr successfully defended her PhD-thesis on "The relationship between motor skills and executive functions in preschool children and early adulthood" in a virtual meeting in front of the members of the PhD committee, members of the University of Rostock and guests.

Congratulations Christina!!!

Stöckel, T., & Mau-Moeller, A. (2020). Cognitive control processes associated with successful gait performance in dual-task walking in healthy young adults. Psychological Research, 84, 1766-1776. doi: 10.1007/s00426-019-01184-4 [online]

Stuhr, C., Hughes, C. M. L., & Stöckel, T. (2020). The role of executive functions for motor performance in preschool children as compared to young adults. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1552. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01552 [online]

Jacksteit, R., Mau-Moeller, A., Völker, A., Bader, R., Mittelmeier, W., Skripitz, R., & Stöckel, T. (2019). The mental representation of the human gait in hip osteoarthrosis and total hip arthroplasty patients: a clinical cross-sectional study. Clinical Rehabilitation, 33(2), 335-344.

Gröger, E., & Stöckel, T. (2018). Mentales Training - Anwendungsperspektiven im Schulsport. Aachen: Meyer & Meyer.

Stuhr, C., Hughes, C. M. L., & Stöckel, T. (2018). Task-specific and variability-driven activation of cognitive control processes during motor performance. Scientific Reports, 8, 10811.

Hinder, M. R., Puri, R., Kemp, S., Waitzer, S., Reissig, P., Stöckel, T., & Fujiyama, H. (2018). Distinct modulation of interhemispheric inhibitory mechanisms during movement preparation reveals the influence of cognition on action control. Cortex, 99, 13-29. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2017.10.002

Jacksteit, R., Mau-Möller, A., Behrens, M., Bader, R., Mittelmeier, W., Skripitz, R., & Stöckel, T. (2018). The mental representation of the human gait in patients with severe gonarthrosis.Clinical Rehabilitation, 32, 103-115. doi: 10.1177/0269215517719312

Stöckel, T., Wunsch, K., & Hughes, C. M. L. (2017). Age-related decline in anticipatory motor planning and its relation to cognitive and motor skill proficiency. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 9: 283. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00283

Wunsch, K., Weigelt, M., & Stöckel, T. (2017). Anticipatory motor planning in older adults.Journals of Gerontology, Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Science, 72(3), 373-382. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbv078 [published along with a commentary/editorial by David Rosenbaum]