Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christian Beste
Professor for Cognitive Neurophysiology
Contact information
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Technische Universität Dresden
01307 Dresden
Phone: +49 (0)351 - 458 7072
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Research Statement
Examination of electrophysiological and neurobiological mechanisms underlying action control in health and disease.
Scientific Education
| 2013 | Habilitation “On the functional relevance of basal ganglia processes for action selection and control – results from basal ganglia disease, neuropsychopharmacological and molecular genetic studies” |
| 2007 | PhD (Dr. rer. nat.): magna cum laude “A cognitive-neurophysiological analysis of error monitoring in Huntington’s disease”. |
| 2001 - 2006 | Study of Psychology at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Diploma degree, equivalent to Master’s degree); passed with distinction |
Professional Experience
| since 10/2013 | Professor for Cognitive Neurophysiology (W2), TU Dresden |
| 02/2012 - 09/2013 | Head of the Emmy Noether Research Group “Neuronal mechanisms of action control” (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) |
| 02/2011 - 01/2012 | Post-Doc in the Biopsychology Unit (Prof. Güntürkün) Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) |
| 04/2010 - 01/2011 | Post-Doc at the MRC Cognition and Brain Science Unit, Cambridge UK (Prof. John Duncan, FRS) (DFG scholarship) |
| 02/2009 - 03/2010 | Post-Doc in the Biopsychology Unit (Prof. Güntürkün) Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) |
| 03/2008 - 01/2009 | Post-doc at the Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors (Prof. Falkenstein) |
| 08/2007 - 02/2008 | Post-doc at the Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Münster (Prof. Dr. Dr. Pfleiderer) |
| 04/2006 - 08/2007 | PhD-student at the Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors (Prof. Falkenstein) and the Department of Neurology Ruhr Universität Bochum (Prof. Dr. Gold) |
Selected Publications
Adelhöfer, N., Mückschel, M., Teufert, B., Ziemssen, T., Beste, C. (2019). Anodal tDCS affects neuromodulatory effects of the norepinephrine system on superior frontal theta activity during response inhibition. Brain, Structure & Function. doi: 10.1007/s00429-019-01839-3.
Beste, C., Stock, A.-K., Zink, N., Ocklenburg, S., Akgün, K., & Ziemssen, T. (2019). How minimal variations in neuronal cytoskeletal integrity modulate cognitive control. Neuroimage 185: 129-139. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.10.053.
Beste, C., Moll, C.K.E., Pötter-Nerger, M., & Münchau, A. (2018). Striatal Microstructure and Its Relevance for Cognitive Control. Trends in Cognitive Science 22(9), 747-751. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2018.06.007.
Beste, C., Mückschel, M., Rosales, R., Domingo, A., Lee, L., Ng, A:, Klein, C., & Münchau, A. (2018). The basal ganglia striosomes affect the modulation of conflicts by subliminal information – evidence from X-linked dystonia parkinsonism. Cerebral Cortex 28, 2243-2252. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhx125.
Chmielewski, W.X., & Beste, C. (2017). Testing interactive effects of automatic and conflict control processes during response inhibition - A system neurophysiological study. Neuroimage 146,1149-1156. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.10.015.