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.

Nashiro, K., Min, J., Yoo, H. J., Cho, C., Dahl, M. J., Choi, P., Lee, H. R. J., Choupan, J., Mercer, N., Nasseri, P., Kim, A. J., Alemu, K., Rose, N. F., Herrera, A. Y., Custer, R., Werkle-Bergner, M., Thayer, J. F., Sordo, L., Head, E., & Mather, M. (2026). Testing effects of paced breathing on plasma Aβ and brain perivascular spaces. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 221, Article 113334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2026.113334

Nemecz, Z., Homolya, I., Ilyés, A., Kis, H., Mező, G., Varga, V. A., Werkle-Bergner, M., & Keresztes, A. (2026). fMRI signals of pattern separation in the neocortex and hippocampus to non-meaningful objects and their spatial location. Imaging Neuroscience, 4, Article IMAG.a.1088. https://doi.org/10.1162/IMAG.a.1088

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