Dr. Britta Pester
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NameDr. Britta Pester
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Falkenbrunnen, Raum 317 Chemnitzer Str. 46
01187 Dresden
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TUD Dresden University of Technology
Institut für Klinische Psychologie
und Psychotherapie
Britta Pester
Chemnitzer Straße 46
01187 Dresden
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academic career
| since 03/2018 |
Research assistant at the professorship for |
| 2012 - 2018 | Research Assistant Institute for Medical Statistics, Informatics and Documentation Universitätsklinikum Jena, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena |
| 2009 - 2010 & 2011 |
Mahematic statistician |
Scientific education
| 2016 |
Dissertation: „Novel Approaches for Exploring Highly Resolved Brain Connectivity: Development, Evaluation and Practical Application” |
| 2011 | Diploma thesis: „Group Independent Component Analysis for Multi Subject fMRI Data” |
| 2007 - 2011 |
Mathematics studies (advanced studies) |
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2005 - 2007 |
Mathematics studies (basic studies) |
Honourings and prices
| 2016 |
Winner of the DFG Young Investigators Academy "Cohort Studies: Scientific Work with Big Data |
| 2014 | First Prize of the Young Investigators Competition of the German Society for Biomedical Engineering in the context of the conference "Innovative Processing of Bioelectrical and Biomagnetic Signals". |
Publications (selection)
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*Mierau, A., *Pester, B., Hülsdünker, T., Schiecke, K., Strüder, H. K., & Witte, H. (2017). Cortical Correlates of Human Balance Control. Brain Topography. doi:10.1007/s10548-017-0567-x |
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Schmidt, C., Piper, D., Pester, B., Mierau, A., & Witte, H. (2017). Tracking the reorganization of module structure in time-varying weighted brain functional connectivity networks. International Journal of Neural Systems. doi:10.1142/s0129065717500514 |
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*Schmidt, C., *Pester, B., Schmid-Hertel, N., Witte, H., Wismüller, A., & Leistritz, L. (2016). A Multivariate Granger Causality Concept towards Full Brain Functional Connectivity. PloS one, 11(4), e0153105. |
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Schiecke, K., Pester, B., Piper, D., Benninger, F., Feucht, M., Leistritz, L., & Witte, H. (2016). Nonlinear directed interactions between HRV and EEG activity in children with TLE. Paper presented at the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. |
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*Pester, B., *Ligges, C., Leistritz, L., Witte, H., & Schiecke, K. (2015). Advanced Insights into Functional Brain Connectivity by Combining Tensor Decomposition and Partial Directed Coherence. PLoS ONE, 10(6). |
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*Tivarus, M. E., *Pester, B., Schmidt, C., Lehmann, T., Zhu, T., Zhong, J., . . . Schifitto, G. (2015). Are Structural Changes Induced by Lithium in the HIV Brain Accompanied by Changes in Functional Connectivity? PLoS ONE, 10(10), e0139118. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0139118 |
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Piper, D., Schiecke, K., Pester, B., Benninger, F., Feucht, M., & Witte, H. (2014). Time-variant coherence between heart rate variability and EEG activity in epileptic patients: an advanced coupling analysis between physiological networks. New Journal of Physics, 16. doi:Artn 115012 |
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Leistritz, L., Pester, B., Doering, A., Schiecke, K., Babiloni, F., Astolfi, L., & Witte, H. (2013). Time-variant partial directed coherence for analysing connectivity: a methodological study. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society a-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 371(1997). doi:Artn 20110616 |
| * geteilte Erstautorenschaft |