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A good start for the pre-doc year:

• Preparation of pilot study before maternity leave• Data collection during maternal leave

Coming back from maternity leave many obstacles occured:

• Due to longterm sick leave of main supervisor theoriginal study design was changed to compensate forthe lack in testing resources

• Data collection was mainly carried out by an intern who applied neurofeedback and EEG for the firsttime

• Data analysis revealed technical artifcats during dataextraction, a great part of the data was not usable

Finding solutions:

• Getting in touch with EEG data analysis experts via an online support platform

• Some artifacts could be eliminated, application forfunding of a doctoral project seemed possible again

No supervision after the pre-doc year:

• Finding out my main supervisor will not be availableas doctoral advisor anymore

• Correspondingly there would be no joint applicationfor DFG funding and therefore for a doctoral positionanymore

Let‘s pause for a moment:

• In contact with another neuroscientist from Sport Science faculty, but decided it was not the rightworking place for me

• Decided I am ok with rejecting the research topic I have been very passionate about

• Applying for IMPRS NeuroCom funding and gettingrejected in January

• Going into parental leave to sort things out

• Further training in psychotherapeutic methods that I find interesting such as systemic approaches, mindfulness-based approaches, or body-oriented therapy

Plan B?

• doctorate in clinical psychology or clinical neuropsychology

• Apprenticeship as psychological psychotherapeut for children & teenagers

Can we help athletes’ performance by including a neuro-based training component into their schedule?

Original idea for a pilot study during my pre-doc year: Efficacy of theta neurofeedback training in promoting flow experience and sport-associated performance outcomes.

A research idea that I already began to accomplish within my Master thesis:Significant correlations between neurofeedback success (upregulation of fm theta) and motor performance in a non sport-specific Finger Tapping task as well as flow experience during motor performance.

Achievements and obstacles

Left-hand side: Depiction of an fm theta neurofeedback protocol and its transfer to a dart-throwing task as well as to subjective flow experience; Right-hand side: Depiction of the neuropsychological origins of fm theta oscillations and its role in cognitive control and self-regulation.

On the road to a doctorate: A résumé on my pre-doc yearLisa Riedel, Dr. Kerstin Mayer-Carius, Dr. Franziska Lautenbach

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Riedel, Lisa (2019). Efficacy of theta neurofeedback training in promoting flow experience and sport-associated performance outcomes [PowerPoint slides]. Pre-Doc-Award Kick-Off Event, March 25th 2019. Universität Leipzig.

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Dr. Kerstin Mayer-Carius

Leipzig University

Sport Science faculty

Jahnallee 59, 04109 Leipzig

kerstin.mayer-carius@uni-leipzig.de

+49 (0) 341 97-31709

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Partial regression plots illustrating the correlation between fm theta amplitude gain during NFT (in %) and (left) global flow gain and (right) motor performance gain from pre- to posttest. Dotted lines represent linear regression gradients.

Safe place until the end of the year.• Research assistent

position at departmentof Movement andTraining Science at Sport Science faculty

Time to reconsider.• Am I still motivated to

do my doctorate?• What is the alternative?

New supervisor?New research topic?

New working place?Which funding?