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Overview

Markus Werkle-Bergner is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Germany. Their research primarily centers on neuroscience, with a particular emphasis on cognitive neuroscience and related subfields.

The main fields of study covered in their work include:

  • Neuroscience

Within these broader fields, Werkle-Bergner's work addresses several specialized subfields:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Neurology

The major topics featured prominently in their research are:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Memory Processes and Influences
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research

They have authored multiple papers published across various scientific journals. Some recent papers include:

  • "Noradrenergic modulation of rhythmic neural activity shapes selective attention," 2021, Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • "Locus coeruleus integrity is related to tau burden and memory loss in autosomal-dominant Alzheimer's disease," 2021, Neurobiology of Aging
  • "Understanding the interplay of sleep and aging: Methodological challenges," 2020, Psychophysiology
  • "Noradrenergic Responsiveness Supports Selective Attention across the Adult Lifespan," 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Locus coeruleus MRI contrast is associated with cortical thickness in older adults," 2020, Neurobiology of Aging

Werkle-Bergner frequently publishes in scientific venues including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Neurobiology of Aging
  • Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • Psychophysiology

Their collaborative work involves regular partnerships with several researchers, notably:

  • Martin J. Dahl
  • Mara Mather
  • Myriam C. Sander
  • Ulman Lindenberger
  • Simone Kühn

Best Publications

  • Episodic memory across the lifespan : The contributions of associative and strategic components

    Yee Lee Shing;Markus Werkle-Bergner;Yvonne Brehmer;Viktor Müller

  • Associative and strategic components of episodic memory: a life-span dissociation.

    Yee Lee Shing;Markus Werkle-Bergner;Shu-Chen Li;Ulman Lindenberger

  • Peak individual alpha frequency qualifies as a stable neurophysiological trait marker in healthy younger and older adults

    Thomas H. Grandy;Markus Werkle-Bergner;Christian Chicherio;Florian Schmiedek

  • The influence of prior knowledge on memory: A developmental cognitive neuroscience perspective

    Garvin Brod;Markus Werkle-Bergner;Yee Lee Shing

  • Individual alpha peak frequency is related to latent factors of general cognitive abilities

    Thomas H. Grandy;Markus Werkle-Bergner;Christian Chicherio;Martin Lövdén

  • Precise Slow Oscillation-Spindle Coupling Promotes Memory Consolidation in Younger and Older Adults.

    Beate E. Muehlroth;Myriam C. Sander;Yana Fandakova;Thomas H. Grandy

  • Rostral locus coeruleus integrity is associated with better memory performance in older adults.

    Martin J. Dahl;Mara Mather;Sandra Düzel;Nils C. Bodammer

  • Lifespan age differences in working memory : A two-component framework

    Myriam C. Sander;Ulman Lindenberger;Markus Werkle-Bergner

  • Hippocampal subfield volumes : Age, vascular risk, and correlation with associative memory

    Yee Lee Shing;Karen M. Rodrigue;Kristen M. Kennedy;Yana Fandakova

  • Adult age differences in memory for name-face associations: The effects of intentional and incidental learning.

    Moshe Naveh-Benjamin;Yee Lee Shing;Angela Kilb;Markus Werkle-Bergner

  • Hippocampal Maturation Drives Memory from Generalization to Specificity

    Attila Keresztes;Chi T. Ngo;Ulman Lindenberger;Ulman Lindenberger;Markus Werkle-Bergner

  • Cortical EEG correlates of successful memory encoding : Implications for lifespan comparisons

    Markus Werkle-Bergner;Viktor Müller;Shu-Chen Li;Ulman Lindenberger

  • Noradrenergic modulation of rhythmic neural activity shapes selective attention

    Martin J. Dahl;Martin J. Dahl;Mara Mather;Markus Werkle-Bergner

  • Hippocampal maturity promotes memory distinctiveness in childhood and adolescence

    Attila Keresztes;Andrew R. Bender;Nils C. Bodammer;Ulman Lindenberger

  • Humans strategically shift decision bias by flexibly adjusting sensory evidence accumulation

    Niels A Kloosterman;Jan Willem de Gee;Jan Willem de Gee;Markus Werkle-Bergner;Ulman Lindenberger

  • Brain oscillatory correlates of working memory constraints

    Roman Freunberger;Markus Werkle-Bergner;Birgit Griesmayr;Ulman Lindenberger

  • Differences in the neural signature of remembering schema-congruent and schema-incongruent events

    Garvin Brod;Ulman Lindenberger;Markus Werkle-Bergner;Yee Lee Shing

  • Committing memory errors with high confidence: Older adults do but children don't

    Yee Lee Shing;Markus Werkle-Bergner;Shu-Chen Li;Ulman Lindenberger

  • Single-trial characterization of neural rhythms: Potential and challenges

    Julian Q. Kosciessa;Julian Q. Kosciessa;Thomas H. Grandy;Douglas D. Garrett;Markus Werkle-Bergner

  • Neuromodulation of associative and organizational plasticity across the life span: empirical evidence and neurocomputational modeling.

    Shu-Chen Li;Yvonne Brehmer;Yee Lee Shing;Markus Werkle-Bergner

  • Contralateral Delay Activity Reveals Life-Span Age Differences in Top-Down Modulation of Working Memory Contents

    Myriam C. Sander;Markus Werkle-Bergner;Ulman Lindenberger

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulman Lindenberger
Ulman Lindenberger Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Yee Lee Shing
Yee Lee Shing Goethe University Frankfurt
Mara Mather
Mara Mather University of Southern California
Shu-Chen Li
Shu-Chen Li TU Dresden
Simone Kühn
Simone Kühn Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Björn Rasch
Björn Rasch University of Fribourg
Martin Lövdén
Martin Lövdén University of Gothenburg
Florian Schmiedek
Florian Schmiedek Max Planck Society
Naftali Raz
Naftali Raz Stony Brook University
Angela D. Friederici
Angela D. Friederici Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

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