Prof. Dr. med. Katharina von Kriegstein
Professor of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience
Contact information
School of Science, Faculty of Psychology
Institute of General Psychology, Biopsychology and Methods of Psychology
Technische Universität Dresden
01069 Dresden
Phone: +49 (0)351 463-43901
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Research Statement
The main aim of my lab’s research programme is to understand the sensory processes that enable us to communicate successfully with each other. We use behavioural, neuroimaging and neurostimulation techniques to develop and test novel communication models. We use these models to explain communication difficulties in populations with developmental communication impairments and patients with brain lesions. In the CRC 940 we use the tools that we have developed for neuroscientific research on communication and apply it to research questions on goal-directed behaviour (project A11).
Scientific Education
| 2003 | Medical License (‘Approbation’) |
| 2001 | Dr. med., summa cum laude |
| 1994 - 2001 | Medical School, University of Göttingen, Germany |
| 1995 - 1997 | Study of Philosophy, University of Göttingen, Germany |
| 1993 - 1994 | Studium generale at Leibniz-Kolleg, Tübingen, Germany |
Professional Experience
| Since 10/2017 | Professor of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, TU Dresden |
| 2013 - 2017 |
Professor of Cognitive and Clinical Neurosciences, Institute of Psychology, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany |
| 2009 - 2018 |
Group Leader, Max Planck Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany |
| 2004 - 2009 | Postdoc, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London, UK |
| 2001 - 2004 |
Research Associate and House Officer, Clinic for Neurology, University of Frankfurt/M., Germany |
Other Scientific Activities, Honors, Awards
| 2015 | ERC-Consolidator Grant |
| 2009 | Max Planck Research Group |
| 2002 | Award for best doctoral thesis 2001 in Experimental Medicine, University of Göttingen, Germany |
Selected Publications
Mihai, P. G., Moerel, M., de Martino, F., Trampel, R., Kiebel, S., & von Kriegstein, K. (2019). Modulation of tonotopic ventral medial geniculate body is behaviorally relevant for speech recognition. Elife, 8. doi:10.7554/eLife.44837
Tschentscher, N., Ruisinger, A., Blank, H., Diaz, B., & von Kriegstein, K. (2019). Reduced Structural Connectivity Between Left Auditory Thalamus and the Motion-Sensitive Planum Temporale in Developmental Dyslexia. J Neurosci, 39(9), 1720-1732. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1435-18.2018
Müller-Axt, C., Anwander, A., & von Kriegstein, K. (2017). Altered Structural Connectivity of the Left Visual Thalamus in Developmental Dyslexia. Current Biology, 27(23), 3692-3698 e3694. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.10.034
Diaz, B., Hintz, F., Kiebel, S. J., & von Kriegstein, K. (2012). Dysfunction of the auditory thalamus in developmental dyslexia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 109(34), 13841-13846. doi:10.1073/pnas.1119828109