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Research in eHealth and Sports Analytics
Which are the fundamental psychological and neuronal mechanisms that underlie physical activity in the course of everyday life? This is one of many topics that this educational and research area is dealing with. We are especially interested in the connection between well-being and mental health.
Movement and digitisation
Digitisation can decrease physical activity and therefore increase the risk of diseases such as cancer, diabetes and depression - but digital solutions also create the opportunity to promote physical activity as a natural health resource and increase performance.
The range extends from artificial intelligence in competitive sports to fitness devices and digital movement applications in prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.
Above all, digitisation can improve our understanding of the psychological and neurobiological mechanisms of the interaction between movement and health. In the following steps, evidence-based, individually adapted and targeted health solutions can be established in prevention and therapy that get people moving, keep them mentally and physically healthy and increase their quality of life.
Methods and content of research
To answer a variety of research questions in a valid and neurobiological based way, we use a multidisciplinary research approach. We combine methods from
- Sport science
- Psychology
- Systemic neuroscience and
- Geoinformatics
This way, we can use outpatient assessment to record psychological mechanisms of everyday life validly and with specific consideration of contextual factors, and investigate the neurobiological basis with laboratory methods of systemic neuroscience.
For this purpose we use
- Ecological Momentary Assessment (electronic diaries on smartphones)
- mobile accelerometers, ECG and glucose sensors
- smartphone sensing such as geolocation tracking
- functional magnetic resonance imaging
Exclusive publications
Exclusive press information
- Auch Alltagsaktivitäten steigern das Wohlbefinden – neurobiologische Mechanismen untersucht. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 2020.
- Wie Grünflächen in Städten das Wohlbefinden fördern – interdisziplinäre Untersuchung identifiziert neuronale Korrelate – Potenzial zur Prävention psychischer Erkrankungen. Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit Mannheim 2021.
- Sozialer Kontakt im Alltag und menschliches Wohlbefinden. Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit Mannheim 2021.
- Exzessives Sporttreiben bei Essstörungen – psychologische Mechanismen entschlüsselt: Ergebnisse liefern wichtige Implikationen für Prävention und Therapie. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie 2020.
- How to Break Up Sedentary Behavior Optimally to Enhance Mood. ACSM – The American College of Sports Medicine 2020.
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