Uta Wolfensteller

Uta Wolfensteller is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, affiliated with the Faculty of Science. She co-leads the Research Group Neuroimaging of Higher Cognitive Brain Functions. Her work focuses on cognitive neuroscience, neuroimaging, and learning mechanisms in the brain.

Education: Dr. rer. nat. (2006, University of Leipzig), Dipl.-Psych. (2002, Free University Berlin). Her research explores higher-order learning strategies, action-effect systems, and brain plasticity through neuroimaging techniques like fMRI.

Publications emphasize prefrontal cortex function, rule learning, and pragmatic brain representations. She serves as a reviewer for journals including Journal of Neuroscience, Cerebral Cortex, and Neuropsychologia.

Professional experience includes postdoctoral roles at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (Leipzig) and TU Dresden's Neuroimaging Center. She contributes to subprojects A2 and A6 within her research initiatives.