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Overview

Petra Jansen is affiliated with the University of Regensburg in Germany, with an extensive publication record primarily in the field of psychology. Their research spans multiple subfields including Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Automotive Engineering. The focus on Social Psychology and Clinical Psychology is particularly prominent, featuring the highest numbers of their scholarly works.

Themes central to their work encompass a range of psychological topics. These include:

  • Spatial Cognition and Navigation
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports

Jansen has regularly collaborated with several coauthors. Frequent collaborators include Leonardo Jost, Markus Siebertz, Martina Rahe, Franziska Anna Schroter, and Philipp Hofmann. These partnerships reflect recurring joint efforts across their body of work.

Their publication history includes studies in a variety of journals, often in venues recognized within psychological and behavioral sciences. Regular publication outlets include:

  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Consciousness and Cognition
  • German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research
  • Scientific Reports
  • Psychological Research

Representative recent papers illustrate the focus and scope of Jansen's research. These include:

  • Resistance training in stroke rehabilitation: systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, Clinical Rehabilitation
  • Aquatic therapy in stroke rehabilitation: systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
  • Diverging implicit measurement of sense of agency using interval estimation and Libet clock, 2022, Consciousness and Cognition
  • Affective explicit and implicit attitudes towards vegetarian and vegan food consumption: The role of mindfulness, 2021, Appetite
  • What Can Affect Competition Anxiety in Athletes? The Role of Self-Compassion and Repetitive Negative Thinking, 2021, Psychological Reports

Best Publications

  • Effects of physical activity on executive function and motor performance in children with ADHD

    Susanne Ziereis;Petra Jansen

  • Different Mental Rotation Performance in Students of Music, Sport and Education.

    Stefanie Pietsch;Petra Jansen

  • Gender differences in pre-adolescents’ mental-rotation performance: Do they depend on grade and stimulus type?

    Sarah Neuburger;Petra Jansen;Martin Heil;Claudia Quaiser-Pohl

  • Motor expertise and performance in spatial tasks: A meta-analysis.

    Daniel Voyer;Petra Jansen

  • Mental rotation in female fraternal twins: Evidence for intra-uterine hormone transfer?

    Martin Heil;Michael Kavšek;Bettina Rolke;Christian Beste

  • Correlation of motor skill, mental rotation, and working memory in 3- to 6-year-old children

    Jennifer Lehmann;Claudia Quaiser-Pohl;Petra Jansen

  • Mental rotation performance and the effect of gender in fourth graders and adults

    Corinna Titze;Petra Jansen;Martin Heil

  • Spatial knowledge acquisition in younger and elderly adults: a study in a virtual environment.

    Petra Jansen;Andrea Schmelter;Martin Heil

  • Mental Rotation Performance in Male Soccer Players

    Petra Jansen;Jennifer Lehmann;Jessica Van Doren

  • Mental rotation performance in primary school age children: Are there gender differences in chronometric tests?

    P. Jansen;A. Schmelter;C. Quaiser-Pohl;S. Neuburger

  • The Relation Between Motor Development and Mental Rotation Ability in 5- to 6-Year-old Children

    Petra Jansen;Martin Heil

  • Gender differences in mental rotation across adulthood.

    Petra Jansen;Martin Heil

  • Preschoolers' mental rotation: Sex differences in hemispheric asymmetry

    Nicola Hahn;Petra Jansen;Martin Heil

  • A Threat in the Classroom Gender Stereotype Activation and Mental-Rotation Performance in Elementary-School Children

    Sarah Neuburger;Petra Jansen;Martin Heil;Claudia Quaiser-Pohl

  • The influence of juggling on mental rotation performance.

    P. Jansen;C. Titze;M. Heil

  • Effects of cognitive, motor, and karate training on cognitive functioning and emotional well-being of elderly people.

    Petra Jansen;Katharina Dahmen-Zimmer

  • Effects of Karate Training Versus Mindfulness Training on Emotional Well-Being and Cognitive Performance in Later Life:

    Petra Jansen;Katharina Dahmen-Zimmer;Brigitte M. Kudielka;Anja Schulz

  • Is tDCS an Adjunct Ergogenic Resource for Improving Muscular Strength and Endurance Performance? A Systematic Review.

    Sergio Machado;Petra Jansen;Victor Almeida;Jitka Veldema

  • Associations between parent-adolescent attachment relationship quality, negative life events and mental health.

    Rienke Bannink;Suzanne Broeren;Petra M. van de Looij – Jansen;Hein Raat

  • Embodied mental rotation: a special link between egocentric transformation and the bodily self.

    Sandra Kaltner;Bernhard E. Riecke;Petra Jansen

  • Mental rotation performance in soccer players and gymnasts in an object-based mental rotation task.

    Petra Jansen;Jennifer Lehmann

  • Impaired mental rotation performance in overweight children.

    Petra Jansen;Andrea Schmelter;Laura Kasten;Martin Heil

  • The influence of juggling on mental rotation performance in children

    Petra Jansen;Léonie F. Lange;Martin Heil

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Heil
Martin Heil Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Brigitte M. Kudielka
Brigitte M. Kudielka University of Regensburg
Daniel Memmert
Daniel Memmert German Sport University Cologne
Heidrun Stoeger
Heidrun Stoeger University of Regensburg
Marta Ghisi
Marta Ghisi University of Padua

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