Wenger, Elisabeth

Associate Research Scientist

Main Focus

Brain plasticity across the lifespan

Timing and functional nature of anatomical brain changes

Structural neuroimaging


Project

Mechanisms and Sequential Progression of Plasticity (PI)


Selected References

Lindenberger, U., Wenger, E., & Lövdén, M. (2017). Towards a stronger science of human plasticity. Nature Reviews Neuroscience18, 261-262. doi:10.1038/nrn.2017.44

Wenger, E., Brozzoli, C., Lindenberger, U., & Lövdén, M. (2017). Expansion and renormalization of human brain structure during skill acquisition. Trends in Cognitive Sciences21, 930-939. doi:10.1016/j.tics.2017.09.008

Wenger, E., Kühn, S., Verrel, J., Mårtensson, J., Bodammer, N. C., Lindenberger, U., & Lövdén, M. (2017). Repeated structural imaging reveals non-linear progression of experience-dependent volume changes in human motor cortex. Cerebral Cortex27, 2911-2925. doi:10.1093/cercor/bhw141

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. rer. nat., 2014, Humboldt University Berlin                

Dipl.-Psych., 2010, Free University of Berlin

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