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Cognitive and Neuronal Dynamics of Memory Across the Lifespan

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© Philipp S. Neundorf

ConMem

The brain operates and changes with age in a distributed and parallel fashion. Mechanisms related to maturation, learning, and senescence affect different regions of the brain on multiple and interacting levels, dimensions, time scales, and trajectories. Behavioral and neuronal evidence suggests that memory functioning requires oscillatory interactions in a distributed network comprising, among others, prefrontal (PFC), medio-temporal (MTL), and parietal regions. The overarching objective of the ConMem project is to provide mechanistic and process-oriented explanations for developmental changes in memory functions. We aim to advance knowledge about the dynamic structure–function dependencies underlying the interplay between memory processes and related neuronal mechanisms.

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International Cooperation

Within this project Yee Lee Shing is heading a study with Yvonne Brehmer. In 2008, Yvonne Brehmer (Karolinska Institute, Stockholm) was awarded a fellowship in the "Future Leaders in Aging Research (FLARE)" program. She is making use of its opportunities in this collaboration. FLARE ist part of the European Research Area in Ageing 2 (ERA-AGE2) to advance aging research in the European Union.

Information on FLARE and ERA-AGE2

Team

Yee Lee Shing
Markus Werkle-Bergner
Ulman Lindenberger

Myriam C. Sander (postdoctoral fellow)

Yana Fandakova
Thomas Grandy (predoctoral fellows)

Lene-Marie Gassner
Angelika Paul
Annette Rentz-Lühning (research assistants)

Looking for Volunteers in Berlin

For our studies we are looking for German speaking participants between ages 20 and 30 as well as 65 and 75. Please contact us by phone at 030 -82406 392 or make use of our contact form (cue in "Your Message": ConMem).

Key References

Sander, M. C., Werkle-Bergner, M., & Lindenberger, U. (2011). Binding and strategic selection in working memory: A lifespan dissociation. Psychology and Aging. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/a0023055

Shing, Y. L., & Lindenberger, U. (2011). The development of episodic memory: Lifespan lessons. Child Development Perspectives, 5, 148–155. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2011.00170.x

Shing, Y. L., Werkle-Bergner, M., Brehmer, Y., Mueller, V., Li, S.-C., & Lindenberger, U. (2009). Episodic memory across the lifespan: The contributions of associative and strategic components. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 34, 1080–1091. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev. 2009.11.002

Shing, Y. L., Werkle-Bergner, M., Li, S.-C., & Lindenberger, U. (2008). Associative and strategic components of episodic memory: A life-span dissociation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 137, 495–513. doi: 10.1037/ 0096-3445.137.3.495

Werkle-Bergner, M., Mueller, V., Li, S.-C., & Lindenberger, U. (2006). Cortical EEG correlates of successful memory encoding: Implications for lifespan comparisons. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 30, 839–854. doi: 10.1016/ j.neubiorev.2006.06.009