Markus Werkle-Bergner
Senior Research Scientist
Center for Lifespan Psychology
Contact:
Phone: +49 30 82406-447
E-Mail: werkle@mpib-berlin.mpg.de
Short CV:
Habilitation, 2019, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Dr. rer. nat., 2009, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Dipl.-Psych., 2004, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken
Jacobs Foundation Research Fellow 2017-2019
Identifying the best learning strategy for each individual child
Project Participation:
Research Interests:
- Lifespan development of memory and cognitive control functions
- Neuronal correlates of lifespan plasticity and change
- EEG methods in lifespan research
- Multivariate statistical models of variability and change
Selected Literature:
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Dahl, M. J., Mather, M., Düzel, S., Bodammer, N. C., Lindenberger, U., Kühn, S., & Werkle-Bergner, M. (2019). Rostral locus coeruleus integrity is associated with better memory performance in older adults. Nature Human Behaviour, in press.
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Muehlroth, B. E., Sander, M. C., Fandakova, Y., Grandy, T. H., Rasch, B., Shing, Y. L., & Werkle-Bergner, M. (2019). Precise slow oscillation-spindle coupling promotes memory consolidation in younger and older adults. Scientific Reports, 9:1940. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-36557-z.
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Keresztes, A., Ngo, C. T., Lindenberger, U., Werkle-Bergner, M. & Newcombe, N. S. (2018). Hippocampal maturation drives memory from generalization to specificity. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 22, 676-686.
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Keresztes, A., Bender, A. R., Bodammer, N. C., Lindenberger, U., Shing, Y. L., & Werkle-Bergner, M. (2017). Hippocampal maturity promotes memory distinctiveness in childhood and adolescence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114, 9212-9217.
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Grandy, T., Lindenberger, U., & Werkle-Bergner, M. (2017). When group means fail: Can one size fit all? BioRxiv. doi:10.1101/126490
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Karch, J. D., Sander, M. C., von Oertzen, T., Brandmaier, A. M., & Werkle-Bergner, M. (2015). Using within-subject pattern classification to understand lifespan age differences in oscillatory mechanisms of working memory selection and maintenance. NeuroImage. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.04.038
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Werkle-Bergner, M., Grandy, T. H., Chicherio C., Schmiedek, F., Lövdén, M., & Lindenberger, U. (2014). Coordinated within-trial dynamics of low-frequency neural rhythms controls evidence accumulation. Journal of Neuroscience, 35, 8519-8528.
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Sander, M. C., Lindenberger, U., & Werkle-Bergner, M., (2012). Lifespan age differences in working memory: A two-component framework. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 36, 2007-2033.
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Werkle-Bergner, M., Shing, Y. L., Müller, V., Li, S.-C., & Lindenberger, U. (2009). EEG gamma band synchronization in visual coding from childhood to old age: Evidence from evoked power and inter-trial phase locking. Clinical Neurophysiology, 120, 1291–1302.
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Shing, Y. L., Werkle-Bergner, M., Li, S.-C., & Lindenberger, U. (2008). Associative and strategic components of episodic memory: A lifespan dissociation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 137, 496-513.
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Werkle-Bergner, M., Müller, V., Li, S.-C., & Lindenberger, U. (2006). Cortical EEG correlates of successful memory encoding: Implications for life-span comparisons. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 30, 839-854.