Dr. Stephan Zahno

Stephan Zahno is a postdoctoral researcher in Movement Science at the University of Bern’s Institute of Sport Science. He obtained his PhD at the University of Bern in 2022, where his research focused on the role of sensorimotor skills in performing creative actions in sports. Stephan's research interests encompass motor control and learning, with a particular emphasis on understanding functional mechanisms of the sensorimotor system to handle sensory and motor uncertainties in complex tasks.

 

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Beck, D., Hossner, E.-J., & Zahno, S. (2025). Exploiting prior knowledge in continuous decision-making under uncertainty: the case of tennis experts. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-7154501/v1

Magnaguagno, L., Zahno, S., & Hossner, E.-H. (2025). The information gain of explicitly provided over self-generated contextual knowledge for behavioral control. PLoS ONE, 20(2), e0318994–e0318994. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318994

Hossner, E.-J., & Zahno, S. (2022). Beyond task-space exploration: On the role of variance for motor control and learning. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.935273

Magnaguagno, L., Zahno, S., Kredel, R., & Hossner, E.-J. (2022). Contextual information in situations of uncertainty: The value of explicit-information provision depends on expertise level, knowledge acquisition and prior-action congruency. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 59, 102109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.102109

Zahno, S., & Hossner, E.-J. (2020). On the Issue of Developing Creative Players in Team Sports: A Systematic Review and Critique From a Functional Perspective. Frontiers in Psychology, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.575475