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Dr Philipp Hofmann

Curriculum Vitae


Career history

  • Since April 2019: Research Assistant at the Chair of Sports Science, University of Regensburg


Education

  • 2019–2023 University of Regensburg, PhD (Dr. phil., Sports Science)
  • 2016–2019 Technical University of Munich, M.Sc. in Diagnostics and Training
  • 2012–2016 Technical University of Munich, B.Sc. in the Scientific Foundations of Sport

Teaching


Courses

  • Lectures on “Sports Science and Fundamentals of Exercise Science I & II”
  • Lectures on “Fundamentals of Movement Science I & II”
  • Lecture “Fundamentals of Sports Informatics”
  • Seminar “Exercise Science”
  • Seminar “Movement Science”
  • Practical course “Badminton”
  • Practical course “Tennis”
  • Practical course “Fundamentals of Strength Training”
     

Key research area

  • Investigating the relationship between spatial cognition, emotion and postural control
     

Publications


Journal articles

  • Hofmann, P., & Jansen, P. (2026). Mental rotation in motion: postural indicators of egocentric perspective shifts. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 38(3), 193–200. https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2026.2627950
  • Hofmann, P., Schroter, F., Jost, L., Siebertz, M., & Jansen, P. (2025). The relationship between equanimity and postural stability. BMC Psychology, 13, 985, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-03322-7
  • Meisel, M., Hofmann, P., & Jansen, P. (2025). From Being Moved to Being Still: Kama Muta Reduces Postural Sway Velocity. Brain and Behaviour, 15(9):e70897 https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.70897
  • Hofmann, P., Siebertz, M., & Jansen, P. (2024). No role of working memory in the relationship between mental rotation and postural stability. Frontiers in Cognition: Movement and Cognition, 2, 1298371. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcogn.2023.1298371
  • Jost, L., Siebertz, M., Hofmann, P., & Jansen, P. (2024). The effect of internal and external visualisation of rotation on postural stability. Frontiers in Cognition: Movement and Cognition, 3, 1356441. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcogn.2024.1356441
  • Hofmann, P., & Jansen, P. (2023). The relationship between mental rotation and postural stability. Journal of Motor Behaviour, 55, 580–593. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222895.2021.1899113
  • Hofmann, P., Jost, L., & Jansen, P. (2023). Embodied mental rotation – Does it affect postural stability? Journal of Motor Behaviour, 55, 202–219. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222895.2022.2151970
  • Jansen, P., Schroter, F. A., & Hofmann, P. (2022). Are explicit and implicit affective attitudes towards different body shape categories related to body satisfaction in young women? The role of mindfulness, self-compassion and social media activity. Psychological Research, 86(3), 698–710. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-021-01536-z
  • Schroter, F.A., Hofmann, P., Jansen, P. (2022). Emotional evaluations of pictures of female and male footballers. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 20(5), 1383–1396. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2021.1979077
  • Schroter, F.A., Siebertz, M., Hofmann, P., & Jansen, P. (2022). Psychological and socio-demographic factors in the pre-decision stage for the purchase of electric cars. Current Research in Ecological & Psychological Research, 3, 100072. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2022.100072
  • Schroter, F. A., Hofmann, P., & Jansen, P. (2021). Emotional evaluations of pictures of female and male footballers. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2021.1979077
  • Jansen, P., Siebertz, M., Hofmann, P., Zayed, K., Zayed, D., Abdelfattah, F., Fernández-Méndez, L. M., & Meneghetti, C. (2021). Does self-compassion relate to the fear of the future during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic? A cross-cultural study. Cogent Psychology, 8(1), Article 1976438. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2021.1976438
  • Jansen, P., Schroter, F. A., Hofmann, P., & Rundberg, R. (2021). The Individual Green-Washing Effect in E-Mobility: Emotional Evaluations of Electric and Petrol Cars. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 594844. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.594844
  • Hofmann, P., & Jansen, P. (2021). The Relation of Mental Rotation and Postural Stability. Journal of Motor Behaviour, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222895.2021.1899113


Conference contributions

  • Hofmann, P., & Jansen, P. (19–21 March 2025). Exploring the Dynamics of Postural Stability During Egocentric Mental Rotation Tasks with Multi-Axial Figure Rotations [Poster presentation]. Dimensions of Motor Control (DMC-2025), Munich, Germany.
  • Hofmann, P., & Jansen, P. (9–12 March 2025). Exploring the Dynamics of Postural Stability During Egocentric Mental Rotation Tasks with Multi-Axial Figure Rotations [Talk]. Conference of Experimental Psychologists (TeaP-2025), Frankfurt, Germany.
  • Hofmann, P., & Jansen, P. (13–15 June 2024). Exploring the Dynamics of Postural Stability During Egocentric Mental Rotation Tasks with Multi-Axial Figure Rotations [Poster presentation]. The 18th European Workshop on Imagery and Cognition (EWIC-2024), Naples, Italy.
  • Hofmann, P., Siebertz, M., & Jansen, P. (26–29 March 2023). The Role of Working Memory in the Relationship Between Mental Rotation and Postural Stability [Poster presentation]. Conference of Experimental Psychologists (TeaP-2023), Trier, Germany.
  • Hofmann, P., & Jansen, P. (21–23 March 2022). The Influence of Embodiment Effects of Mental Rotation Stimuli on Postural Stability [Poster presentation]. Conference of Experimental Psychologists (TeaP-2022), Cologne, Germany.
  • Hofmann, P., & Jansen, P. (13–17 September 2021). The Relation between Mental Rotation and Postural Stability [Poster presentation]. 8th International Conference on Spatial Cognition (ICSC-2021), Rome, Italy.
     
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