Christian Beste, Prof. Dr. rer. nat.
Professor (W2) VCF
Contact information
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Technische Universität Dresden
01307 Dresden
E-Mail: Christian.beste@uniklinikum-dresden.de
Research Statement
Examination of electrophysiological and neurobiological mechanisms underlying action control in health and disease.
Scientific Education
| 2013 | Habilitation (2nd PhD) “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) |
Other Scientific Activities, Honors, Awards
Selected Publications
Dippel G, Beste C (2015). A causal role of the right inferior frontal cortex in implementing strategies for multi-component behavior. Nature Communications 6, 6587.
Chmielewski WX, Beste C (2015). Action Control Processes in Autism Spectrum Disorder - Insights from a Neurobiological and Neuroanatomical Perspective. Progress in Neurobiology 124C, 49–83.
Stock AK, Arning L, Epplen JT, Beste C (2014). DRD1 and DRD2 genotypes modulate modes of goal activation processes during action cascading. Journal of Neuroscience 34, 5335-5341.
Beste C, Stock AK, Epplen JT, Arning L (2014). On the Relevance of the NPY2-Receptor Variation for Modes of Action Cascading Processes. NeuroImage, doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.08.026.
Yildiz A, Quetscher C, Dharmadhikari S, Chmielewski WX, Glaubitz B, Schmidt-Wilcke T, Edden R, Dydak U, Beste C (2014). Feeling safe in the plane: neural mechanisms underlying superior action control in airplane pilot trainees – a combined EEG/MRS study. Human Brain Mapping 35, 5040-5051.
Beste C, Dinse HR (2013). Learning without training. Current Biology 23, R489-499.
Beste C, Wascher E, Dinse HR, Saft C (2012). Faster perceptual learning though excitotoxic neurodegeneration. Current Biology 22, 1914-1917.