Markus Werkle-Bergner - Publications

Buchberger, E., Brandmaier, A. M., Lindenberger, U., Werkle-Bergner, M., & Ngo, C. T. (in press). The process structure of memory abilities in early and middle childhood [Registered Report]. Developmental Science.

Mooraj, Z., Salami, A., Campbell, K. L., Dahl, M. J., Kosciessa, J. Q., Nassar, M. R., Werkle-Bergner, M., Craik, F. I. M., Lindenberger, U., Mayr, U., Rajah, M. N., Raz, N., Nyberg, L., & Garrett, D. D. (2025). Toward a functional future for the cognitive neuroscience of human aging. Neuron, 113(1), 154–183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2024.12.008

Brehm, J., Hoti, L., Sander, M. C., Werkle-Bergner, M., Gampe, A., & Daum, M. M. (2024). Speaker competence affects prefrontal theta and occipital alpha power during selective word learning in preschoolers. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 36(7), 1523–1540. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_02162

Buchberger, E. S., Joechner, A.-K., Ngo, C. T., Lindenberger, U., & Werkle-Bergner, M. (2024). Age differences in generalization, memory specificity, and their overnight fate in childhood. Child Development, 95(4), e270–e286. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14089

Buchberger, E. S., Ngo, C. T., Peikert, A., Brandmaier, A. M., & Werkle-Bergner, M. (2024). Estimating statistical power for structural equation models in developmental cognitive science: A tutorial in R. Behavior Research Methods, 56, 6862–6879. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-024-02396-2

Dahl, M. J., Werkle-Bergner, M., & Mather, M. (2024). Neuromodulatory systems in aging and disease [Editorial]. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 162, Article 105647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105647

Ngo, C. T., Buchberger, E. S., Nguyen, P. T. U., Newcombe, N. S., & Werkle-Bergner, M. (2024). Building a cumulative science of memory development. Developmental Review, 72, Article 101119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2024.101119

Dahl, M. J., Bachman, S. L., Dutt, S., Düzel, S., Bodammer, N. C., Lindenberger, U., Kühn, S., Werkle-Bergner, M., & Mather, M. (2023). The integrity of dopaminergic and noradrenergic brain regions is associated with different aspects of late-life memory performance. Nature Aging, 3(9), 1128–1143. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43587-023-00469-z

Dahl, M. J., Kulesza, A., Werkle-Bergner, M., & Mather, M. (2023). Declining locus coeruleus-dopaminergic and noradrenergic modulation of long-term memory in aging and Alzheimer’s disease. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 153, Article 105358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105358

Joechner, A.-K., Hahn, M. A., Gruber, G., Hoedlmoser, K., & Werkle-Bergner, M. (2023). Sleep spindle maturity promotes slow oscillation-spindle coupling across child and adolescent development. eLife, 12, Article e83565. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.83565

Pauley, C., Kobelt, M., Werkle-Bergner, M., & Sander, M. C. (2023). Age differences in neural distinctiveness during memory encoding, retrieval, and reinstatement. Cerebral Cortex, 33(16), 9489–9503. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhad219

Dahl, M. J., Bachman, S. L., Dutt, S., Düzel, S., Lindenberger, U., Kühn, S., Werkle-Bergner, M., & Mather, M. (2022). Dopaminergic and noradrenergic integrity are differentially associated with late-life memory performance [Podium presentation]. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 18(S6), Article e068058. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.068058

Dahl, M. J., Mather, M., & Werkle-Bergner, M. (2022). Noradrenergic modulation of rhythmic neural activity shapes selective attention. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 26(1), 38–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2021.10.009

Dahl, M. J., Mather, M., Werkle-Bergner, M., Kennedy, B. L., Guzman, S., Hurth, K., Miller, C. A., Qiao, Y., Shi, Y., Chui, H. C., & Ringman, J. M. (2022). Locus coeruleus integrity is related to tau burden and memory loss in autosomal-dominant Alzheimer’s disease. Neurobiology of Aging, 112, 39–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2021.11.006

Kobelt, M., Sommer, V. R., Keresztes, A., Werkle-Bergner, M., & Sander, M. C. (2022). Author-initiated retraction: Kobelt et al., “Tracking age differences in neural distinctiveness across representational levels.” The Journal of Neuroscience, 42(24), 4956. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0913-22.2022

Pauley, C., Sommer, V. R., Kobelt, M., Keresztes, A., Werkle-Bergner, M., & Sander, M. C. (2022). Retraction notice to "Age-related declines in neural selectivity manifest differentially during encoding and recognition" [Neurobiology of Aging Volume 112, April 2022, Page 139–150, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2021.12.001]. Neurobiology of Aging, 112, 139–150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2022.08.003

Porat, S., Sibilia, F., Yoon, J., Shi, Y., Dahl, M. J., Werkle-Bergner, M., Düzel, S., Bodammer, N., Lindenberger, U., Kühn, S., & Mather, M. (2022). Age differences in diffusivity in the locus coeruleus and its ascending noradrenergic tract. NeuroImage, 251, Article 119022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119022

Sommer, V. R., Mount, L., Weigelt, S., Werkle-Bergner, M., & Sander, M. C. (2022). Spectral pattern similarity analysis: Tutorial and application in developmental cognitive neuroscience. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 54, Article 101071. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2022.101071

Bachman, S. L., Dahl, M. J., Werkle-Bergner, M., Düzel, S., Garcia Forlim, C., Lindenberger, U., Kühn, S., & Mather, M. (2021). Locus coeruleus MRI contrast is associated with cortical thickness in older adults. Neurobiology of Aging, 100, 72–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2020.12.019

Dahl, M. J., Bachman, S. L., Dutt, S., Düzel, S., Lindenberger, U., Kühn, S., Werkle-Bergner, M., & Mather, M. (2021). Multimodal assessment of locus coeruleus integrity is associated with late-life memory performance. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 17(S4), Article e056330. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.056330