Henrietta Weinberg

• Since 2022: Research staff and doctoral candidate, Department for the Psychology of Human Movement and Sport, Institute of Sport Science, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
• 2019 – 2021: Master of Arts in Applied Sport Psychology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg. Master’s thesis topic: Executive Functions and Emotions in competitive sports: Analysis of Executive Functions and competition-related Emotions in Soccer
• 2018 – 2021: Student research assistant, Department of Movement Science, Institute of Sport Science, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
• 2016 – 2019: Bachelor of Arts in Sport Science & Psychology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg. Bachelor’s thesis topic: Visuomotor adaptation - Change of neuronal activity during target throws

Research Interests:

• Cognition and motor performance
• Anticipation
• Decision-making

Peer-reviewed article

Weinberg, H., Müller, F. & Cañal-Bruland, R. (2025). Context modulates evidence accumulation in split-second handball penalty decisions. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 10:2, 1-15.

Knöbel, S., Weinberg, H., Heilmann, F. & Lautenbach, F. (2024). The interaction between acute emotional states and executive functions in youth elite soccer players. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1348079. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1348079External link

Heilmann, F., Weinberg, H., & Wollny, R. (2022). The Impact of Practicing Open- vs. Closed-Skill Sports on Executive Functions—A Meta-Analytic and Systematic Review with a Focus on Characteristics of Sports. Brain sciences, 12(8), 1071. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12081071External link

Heilmann, F., Memmert, D., Weinberg, H. & Lautenbach, F. (2022). The relationship between executive functions and sports experience, relative age effect, as well as physical maturity in youth soccer players of different ages. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2021.2025141External link

Poster Sessions

Weinberg, H. & Cañal-Bruland, R. (2023, June 18). Zooming in on decision-making over short timescales in anticipatory behaviour [Poster Presentation]. 55. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie (asp), Stuttgart, Germany.

Weinberg, H., Knöbel, S., Heilmann, F., Wollny, R., & Lautenbach, F. (2022, June 17). Interaction Between Acute Emotional States and Executive Functions in Youth Elite Soccer Players [Poster Presentation]. 54. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie (asp), Münster, Germany.

Presentations

Weinberg, H., Jackson, R.C., & Cañal-Bruland, R. (2025, June 4). Decision-making in one-on-one situations in soccer: Skill level, deception and context affect evidence accumulation [Poster Presentation]. Annual Conference of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA), South Lake Tahoe, USA.

Weinberg, H., Müller, F., & Cañal-Bruland, R. (2025, May 31). Kontext moduliert Evidenzakkumulation in Echtzeitentscheidungen beim Siebenmeter im Handball [Verbal Presentation]. 57. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie (asp), Bochum, Germany.

Weinberg, H., Müller, F., & Cañal-Bruland, R. (2024, June 7). Unraveling Decision-Making and Evidence Accumulation in Single Anticipation Trials [Poster Presentation]. Annual Conference of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA), New Orleans, USA.

Weinberg, H., Müller, F., & Cañal-Bruland, R. (2024, May 9). Die Entschlüsselung von Entscheidungsfindungsprozessen auf Einzeltrialebene [Poster Presentation]. 56. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie (asp), Berlin, Germany.

Weinberg, H., Müller, F., & Cañal-Bruland, R. (2024, May 8). Die Entschlüsselung von Entscheidungsfindungsprozessen auf Einzeltrialebene [Verbal Presentation]. asp-Nachwuchstagung, Potsdam, Germany.

Weinberg, H. & Cañal-Bruland, R. (2023, June 18). Zooming in on decision-making over short timescales in anticipatory behaviour [Poster Presentation]. 55. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie (asp), Stuttgart, Germany.

Weinberg, H. & Cañal-Bruland, R. (2023, May 17). Zooming in on decision-making over short timescales in anticipatory behaviour [Presentation]. asp-Nachwuchstagung, Stuttgart, Germany.

Weinberg, H. & Cañal-Bruland, R. (2023, February 10). Decision-making in uncertain, dynamic and time-constrained situations in sport. [Presentation]. Annual Meeting of Psychology Postgraduates and Postdocs – AMPPP, Jena, Germany.

Weinberg, H. (2023, January 17). Anticipation in uncertain and time-constrained handball situations. [Presentation]. Winterakademie der Universität Bern, Blatten-Belalp, Switzerland.

Weinberg, H., Knöbel, S., Heilmann, F., Wollny, R., & Lautenbach, F. (2022, June 17). Interaction Between Acute Emotional States and Executive Functions in Youth Elite Soccer Players [Poster Presentation]. 54. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie (asp), Münster, Germany.

Weinberg, H. & Cañal-Bruland, R (2022, June 14). Perception and Action in Context. [Presentation]. asp-Nachwuchstagung, Münster, Germany.

Summer term 2022

Social Psychological Aspects of Movement and Sport (M.A.)

Winter term 2022/23

Psychological Determinants of Motivation and Stress Regulation (M.A.)

Summer term 2023

Selected Topics in the Psychology of Human Movement and Sport (B.Sc.)

Winter term 2023/24

Current Topics in Motor Control and Learning (B.Sc.)

Summer term 2024

Selected Topics in the Psychology of Human Movement and Sport (B.Sc.)

Winter term 2024/25

Academic Skills (B.Sc.)

Current Topics in Motor Control and Learning (B.Sc.)