Prof. Dr. Christian Beste
Research focus
- Cognitive control
- Neurophysiology (EEG)
- Brain stimulation methods (TMS, tDCS, tVNS)
- Hyperkinetic neuropsychiatric disorders (ADHD, Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome)
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Curriculum Vitae
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Beste, Christian, Prof. Dr. rer. nat., Dipl.-Psych. |
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Official position |
Professor |
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Institution |
Cognitive Neurophysiology, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden and Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden |
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Business address |
Schubertstrasse 42, 01309 Dresden, Germany |
Academic education and degrees
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2001-2006 |
Diploma in Psychology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
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2006-2007 |
PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
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2013 |
Habilitation (venia legend) “Cognitive Neuroscience”, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
Professional career
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2006-2007 |
PhD student, Leibniz Institute for Working Environment and Human Factors (Prof. Dr. Falkenstein) and Neurological University Clinic Ruhr Universität Bochum (Prof. Dr. Gold) |
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2007-2008 |
Post-Doc at the Institut for Clinical Radiology, Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster (Prof. Dr. Heindel, Prof. Dr. Dr. Pfleiderer) |
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2009-2010 |
Post-Doc in the Biopsychology Uni (Prof. Dr. Dr. h.cs. Güntürkün) Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) |
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2010-2011 |
Post-Doc at the MRC Cognition and Brain Science Unit, Cambridge, UK (Prof. Dr. John Duncan, FRS) |
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2011-2012 |
Post-Doc in the Biopsychology Uni (Prof. Dr. Dr. h.cs. Güntürkün) Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) |
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2012-2013 |
Head of the Emmy Noether Group “Neuronal mechanisms of action control” (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) |
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Since 2013 |
W2-Professor for Cognitive Neurophysiology, TU Dresden |
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Since 2014 |
Co-opted Professor at the Institute of Psychology, TU Dresden |
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Since 2020 |
Guest Scientist at the Shandong Normal University, Department of Psychology (Double hundred talent programme), VR China |
Honors, awards and positions
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2012 |
Emmy-Noether Award |
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2010 |
Nachwuchspreis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychophysiologie und ihr Anwendung (DGPA) |
Current journal editorial positions
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2009-2013 |
Journal of Psychophysiology, Associate Editor; |
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Since 2011 |
Neuropsychologia, Editorial Board |
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2013 |
Frontiers in Psychology - Cognition, Guest Editor; |
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Since 2014 |
Scientific Reports, Editorial Board |
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2016 |
European Journal of Neuroscience, Guest Editor |
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Since 2019 |
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Editorial Board |
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2019 |
Journal of Clinical Medicine, Guest Editor |
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Since 2020 |
Frontiers in Psychology, Associate Editor |
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Since 2020 |
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Associate Editor |
10 most important peer-reviewed papers (10 out of 302; h-index: 40, Scopus)
Kleimaker M, Takacs A, Conte G, Onken R, Verrel J … Beste C. Increased perception-action binding in Tourette syndrome. Brain. 2020;143,1934-1945.
Pertermann M, Bluschke A, Roessner V, Beste C. The modulations of neural noise underlies the effectiveness of methylphenidate treatment in attentional-deficit disorder. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2019;4,743-750.
Beste C, Moll CKE, Pötter-Nerger M, Münchau A. Striatal microstructure and its relevance for cognitive control. Trends Cogn Sci. 2018;22,747-751.
Ocklenburg S, Friedrich P, Fraenz C, Schlüter C, Beste C et al. Neurite architecture of the planum temporale predicts neurophysiological processing of auditory speech. Sci Adv. 2018;eaar6830.
Chmielewski WX, Wolff N, Mückschel M, Roessner V, Beste C. Effects of multisensory integration processes on response inhibition in adolescent autism spectrum disorder. Psychol Med. 2016;46,2705-2716.
Chmielewski WX, Beste C. Action control processes in Autism Spectrum Disorder – insights from a neurobiological and neuroanatomical perspective. Prog Neurobiol. 2015;124, 49-83.
Dippel G, Beste C. A causal role of the right inferior frontal cortex in implementing strategies for multi-component behavior. Nat Commun. 2015;6:6587.
Beste C, Dinse HR. Learning without training. Curr Biol. 2013;23,R489-499.
Beste C, Wascher E, Dinse HR, Saft C. Faster perceptual learning through excitotoxic neurodegeneration. Curr Biol. 2012;1914-1917.
Beste C, Wascher E, Güntürkün O, Dinse HR. Improvement and impairment of visually guided behavior through LTP- and LTD-like exposure-based visual learning. Curr Biol. 2011;21, 876-882.