Norman Hüttner

• Since May 2022: Research Associate and Doctoral candidate, Department for the Psychology of Human Movement and Sport, Institute for Sport Science, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
  
  
• 2021 - 2025: Psychology (M.Sc.; Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy, and Health), Friedrich Schiller University Jena
  
  
• 2018 – 2022: Student Assistant, Department for the Psychology of Human Movement and Sport, Institute for Sport Science, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
• 2018 – 2019: Student Assistant, Chair for Methodology and Evaluation Research (Prof. Rolf Steyer), Institute of Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
  
  
• 2017 – 2021: Psychology (B.Sc.), Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Title of bachelor thesis: To be faithful or not to be? On the impact of sociosexuality and actual infidelity behavior on relationship satisfaction.
  
  
• 2015 – 2021 Sport, French (1. state examination), Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Title of thesis: Birds of a feather perform together? On the impact of dyadic motive combinations on performance outcomes in a joint action task.

Research Interests:

• Motives and motivation
• Dyadic motive interaction
• Joint action
• Choking under pressure
• Response Surface Analyses (RSA)

2025

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Hüttner, N., Müller, F., & Cañal-Bruland, R. (2025). Dyadic motive fit: How individual differences in dyads’ motives predict performance and communication in joint action. Motivation Science. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000403

Poster Sessions

Hüttner, N., Müller, F., & Cañal-Bruland, R. (2025, July 9). Joint Action in Sport: Which Personality Traits Predict Dyadic Performance in Beach Volleyball Tournaments. [Poster Presentation]. Joint Action Meeting X, Turin, Italy.

Hüttner, N., Müller, F., & Cañal-Bruland, R. (2025, May 29). Dyadic Motive Fit: Welche Persönlichkeitskonstellationen von Beachvolleyball-Duos besonders erfolgreiche Turnierleistung vorhersagen [Poster Presentation]. 56. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie (asp), Bochum, Germany

Theses

Hüttner, N. (2025). Personality of offenders who committed crimes against refugees
and asylum seekers: Insights from Germany.
Master’s Thesis (Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Andreas Beelmann, Dr. Sebastian Lutterbach)

 

2024

Poster Sessions

Hüttner, N., Müller, F., & Cañal-Bruland, R. (2024, July 18). Dyadic Motive Fit: Does Personality Predict Team Performance? [Poster Presentation]. 16th European Congress of Sport & Exercise Psychology (FEPSAC), Innsbruck, Austria

Presentations

Hüttner, N., Müller, F., & Cañal-Bruland, R. (2024, May 10). Kann man motorische Leistung von Zweierteams über ihre Persönlichkeit vorhersagen? Zur Rolle von dyadischer Motivpassung in einer Joint-Action-Aufgabe. [Presentation]. 55. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie (asp), Berlin, Germany.

Hüttner, N. (2024, May 7). Predicting dyadic performance from personality traits: Which processes are involved? [Presentation]. asp-Nachwuchstagung, Berlin, Germany.

Hüttner, N. (2024, January 25). Joint Action Meets Personality: Can personality predict dyadic motor performance? [Presentation]. Invited talk at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Department of Developmental Psychology (Prof. Dr. Michaela Riediger)

 

2023

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Hüttner, N., Müller, F., & Cañal-Bruland, R. (2023). Motor performance in joint action tasks: The impact of dyadic motive fit. Human Movement Science, 90, 103100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2023.103100External link

Hüttner, N.*, Sperl, L.*, & Schroeger, A. (2023). Slow motion bias: Exploring the relation between time overestimation and increased perceived intentionality. Perception, 52(2), 77–96. https://doi.org/10.1177/03010066221139943External link

Poster Sessions

Hüttner, N., Müller, F., & Cañal-Bruland, R. (2023, July 11). Birds of a feather excel together? The impact of dyadic motive fit on motor performance in a joint action task [Poster Presentation]. Joint Action Meeting (JAM), Budapest, Hungary.

Hüttner, N., Müller, F., & Cañal-Bruland, R. (2023, June 18). Joint Action trifft Motive: Methodische Herausforderungen bei der Untersuchung von interindividuellen Unterschieden bei dyadischen Leistungen [Poster Presentation]. 55. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie (asp), Stuttgart, Germany.

Presentations

Hüttner, N. (2023, December 13). Joint Action Meets Personality: Can personality predict dyadic motor performance? [Presentation]. Invited talk at Fernuniversität Hagen, Allgemeine Psychologie: Urteilen, Entscheiden, Handeln (Prof. Dr. Roman Liepelt)

Hüttner, N. (2023, May 17). Motorische Leistung in Joint-Action-Aufgaben: Die Rolle von dyadischer Motivpassung [Presentation]. asp-Nachwuchstagung, Stuttgart, Germany.

Sperl, L., Hüttner, N., Schröger, A., & Liepelt, R. (2023, April 19). The pitfalls of slow motion replay – on the overestimation of actors‘ available time and intention. [Presentation]. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psycholog:innen (TeaP), Trier, Germany.

Hüttner, N., Müller, F., Cañal-Bruland, R. (2023, February 10). Motor performance in joint action tasks: The impact of dyadic motive fit. [Presentation]. Annual Meeting of Psychology Postgraduates and Postdocs – AMPPP, Jena, Germany.

Hüttner, N. (2023, January 17). Motor performance in joint action tasks: The impact of dyadic motive fit. [Presentation]. Winterakademie der Universität Bern, Blatten-Belalp, Switzerland.

 

2022

Poster Sessions

Hüttner, N., Müller, F., & Cañal-Bruland, R. (2022, July 13). Birds of a feather excel together? The impact of dyadic motives on performance in a joint action task [Poster Presentation]. 16th European Congress of Sport & Exercise Psychology (FEPSAC), Padova, Italy.

Hüttner, N., Müller, F., & Cañal-Bruland, R. (2022, June 17). Moderieren Motive die dyadische Leistung in einer motorischen Joint-Action Aufgabe? [Poster Presentation]. 54. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie (asp), Münster, Germany.

Presentations

Hüttner, N. (2022, June 15). Motor performance in joint action tasks: The role of dyadic motive fit. [Presentation]. asp-Nachwuchstagung, Münster, Germany.

 

2021

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Sperl, L., Hüttner, N., & Schroeger, A. (2021). Why Do Actions in Slow Motion Appear to Last Longer? On the Effect of Video Speed Information. Perception, 50(1), 69–79. https://doi.org/10.1177/0301006620982212External link

Theses

Hüttner, N. (2021). Birds of a feather perform together? On the impact of dyadic motive combinations on performance outcomes in a joint action task.
Staatsexamensarbeit (Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Rouwen Cañal-Bruland, Dr. Florian Müller)

Hüttner, N. (2021). To be faithful or not to be? On the impact of sociosexuality and actual infidelity behavior on relationship satisfaction.
Bachelor’s Thesis (Supervisors: Dr. Birk Hagemeyer, Prof. Dr. Franz J. Neyer)

 

Software

Causal Effect Xplorer. A software for better understanding causal effects. https://gauss.metpsy.uni-jena.de/rshiny/ce73new/CEX/External link

Summer Term 2025

• Current Topics in the Psychology of Human Movement and Sport (B.Sc., Thu, 10-12)

Winter Term 2024/2025

• Current Topics in Motor Control and Learning (B.Sc., Thu, 10-12)

Summer Term 2024

• Current Topics in the Psychology of Human Movement and Sport (B.Sc., Thu, 10-12)

Winter Term 2023/24

• Current Topics in Motor Control and Learning (B.Sc., Thu, 10-12)

Summer Term 2023

• Current Topics in the Psychology of Human Movement and Sport (B.Sc., Thu, 14-16)

Winter Term 2022/23

• Current Topics in Motor Control and Learning (B.Sc., Thu, 10-12)
• Teaching and Learning of Motor Skills (M.A., Thu, 08-10)