Markus Werkle-Bergner

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Markus Werkle-Bergner (born July 21, 1976 in Neunkirchen / Saar ) is a German psychologist in the field of developmental psychology and cognitive neurosciences .

Life

After graduating from high school in Ottweiler in 1996 and doing civilian service in Mainz , Werkle-Bergner studied psychology, economics and philosophy at the Saarland University in Saarbrücken from 1997 to 2004 . At the Humboldt University in Berlin , he received his Dr. rer. nat. in psychology. The habilitation followed in 2019 at the Ruhr University Bochum .

After completing his diploma in psychology at Saarland University, Werkle-Bergner moved to the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin in 2004 , initially as a doctoral student, later as a research group leader and senior research scientist. From 2009 to 2019 he was co-head of the project area "Cognitive and neural dynamics of memory processes over the lifespan" of the research area Developmental Psychology (Director: Ulman Lindenberger ). Since autumn 2019 he has been head of the project area "Rhythms of memory and cognition over the life span (RHYME)". In the 2018/2019 academic year he also represented the professorship for biological psychology at the Institute for Psychology at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich .

During his doctorate, Werkle-Bergner was a fellow of the International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course (LIFE). In 2017 he received a Jacobs Early Career Research Fellowship from the Jacobs Foundation .

In his research, Werkle-Bergner examines how developmental and age-related changes at the neural level interact with personal learning experiences and thus cause inter-individual differences in behavior. He is particularly interested in the biological and neuroscientific foundations of age-related differences in cognitive functions such as perception, attention and memory.

Werkle-Bergner is married and has two children. He lives in Berlin .

Fonts (selection)

  • BE Muehlroth, MC Sander, Y. Fandakova, TH Grandy, B. Rasch, YL Shing, M. Werkle-Bergner: Precise slow oscillation-spindle coupling promotes memory consolidation in younger and older adults. In: Scientific Reports. Volume 9, 2019, p. 1940. doi: 10.1038 / s41598-018-36557-z
  • A. Keresztes, CT Ngo, U. Lindenberger, M. Werkle-Bergner, N. Newcombe: Hippocampal maturation drives memory from generalization to specificity. In: Trends in Cognitive Sciences. Volume 22, 2018, pp. 676-686. doi: 10.1016 / j.tics.2018.05.004
  • A. Keresztes, AD Bender, NC Bodammer, U. Lindenberger, YL Shing, M. Werkle-Bergner: Hippocampal maturity promotes memory distinctiveness in childhood and adolescence. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Volume 114, 2017, pp. 9212-9217. doi: 10.1073 / pnas.1710654114
  • TH Grandy, U. Lindenberger, M. Werkle-Bergner: When group means fail: Can one size fit all? In: bioRxiv. 2017. doi: 10.1101 / 126490
  • JD Karch, MC Sander, T. von Oertzen, AM Brandmaier, M. Werkle-Bergner: Using within-subject pattern classification to understand lifespan age differences in oscillatory mechanisms of working memory selection and maintenance. In: NeuroImage. Volume 118, 2015, pp. 538-552. doi: 10.1016 / j.neuroimage.2015.04.038
  • M. Werkle-Bergner, TH Grandy, C. Chicherio, F. Schmiedek, M. Lövdén, U. Lindenberger: Coordinated within-trial dynamics of low-frequency neural rhythms controls evidence accumulation. In: Journal of Neuroscience. Volume 34, 2014, pp. 8519-8528. doi: 10.1523 / JNEUROSCI.3801-13.2014
  • MC Sander, U. Lindenberger, M. Werkle-Bergner: Lifespan age differences in working memory: A two-component framework. In: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. Volume 36, 2012, pp. 2007-2033. doi: 10.1016 / j.neubiorev.2012.06.004
  • YL Shing, M. Werkle-Bergner, S.-C. Li, U. Lindenberger: Associative and strategic components of episodic memory: A lifespan dissociation. In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Volume 137, 2008, pp. 496-513. doi: 10.1037 / 0096-3445.137.3.495
  • M. Werkle-Bergner, V. Müller, S.-C. Li, U. Lindenberger: Cortical EEG correlates of successful memory encoding: Implications for life-span comparisons. In: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. Volume 30, 2006, pp. 839-854. doi: 10.1016 / j.neubiorev.2006.06.009

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cognitive and neural dynamics of memory processes over the life span | Max Planck Institute for Human Development. Retrieved March 26, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Rhythms of memory and cognition over the life span (RHYME). Retrieved August 12, 2020 .
  3. ↑ International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course (LIFE) | Home. Retrieved March 26, 2019 .
  4. ^ Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship Program. Retrieved on March 26, 2019 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Werkle-Bergner, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Neunkirchen / Saar