Research Areas

- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) and Motor Learning with Focus on Bimanual Motor Skills

- Exercise-Brain-Behavior Relationship

- Motor Imagery and Neurorehabilitation

Selected Publications

Pixa, N.H., Hübner, L., Kutz, D. F. & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2021). A Single Bout of High-Intensity Cardiovascular Exercise Does Not Enhance Motor Performance and Learning of a Visuomotor Force Modulation Task, but Triggers Ipsilateral Task-Related EEG Activity. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(23), 12512.

Thomas, F., Pixa, N.H., Berger, A., Cheng, M.‑Y., Doppelmayr, M, & Steinberg, F. (2020). Neither cathodal nor anodal transcranial direct current stimulation on the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex alone or applied during moderate aerobic exercise modulates executive function. Neuroscience, 443, 71-83.

Steinberg, F., Pixa, N.H. & Fregni, F. (2019). A Review of Acute Aerobic Exercise and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Effects on Cognitive Functions and Their Potential Synergies. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 12, 534.

Pixa, N.H., Steinberg, F. & Doppelmayr, M. (2017). Effects of high-definition anodal transcranial direct current stimulation applied simultaneously to both primary motor cortices on bimanual sensorimotor performance. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 11, 130.

Pixa, N.H., Steinberg, F., Doppelmayr, M. (2017). High Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of both motor cortices enhances uni- and bimanual dexterity. Neuroscience Letters, 643, 84–88.

Honors and Awards

2020 Forschungsförderpreis (Dissertationspreis) der Freunde der Universität Mainz e. V.

2017 Best Poster Award at the Annual Conference of the German Sport Psychological Association (asp), Bern, Switzerland

Academic CV

since 2020	Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Department of Neuromotor Behavior and Exercise, University of Münster, Germany
2020-2018	Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Human Movement Science and Health, Department of Sport Psychology, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany
2019	Dr. phil. (PhD) in Sport Science, University of Mainz, Germany
2013-2018	Research Assistant & Doctoral Student at the Institute of Sport Science, Department of Sport Psychology, University of Mainz, Germany
2012	Diploma in Sport Science, University of Mainz, Germany
2007-2012	Studies of Sport Science, Institute of Sport Science, University of Mainz, Germany