Martin Lövdén

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About me

I do research in cognitive neuroscience, with an emphasis on how humans learn
skills and on how skill acquisition affects health and wellbeing over the
lifespan.

Articles

Article: NEURORADIOLOGY. 2024;66(4):567-575

Decrease of 7T MR short-term effects with repeated exposure

Hansson B; Garzon B; Lovden M; Bjorkman-Burtscher IM
Article: NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING. 2024;136:125-132

Longitudinal support for the correlative triad among aging, dopamine D2-like receptor loss, and memory decline

Karalija N; Papenberg G; Johansson J; Wahlin A; Salami A; Andersson M; Axelsson J; Kuznetsov D; Riklund K; Lovden M; Lindenberger U; Backman L; Nyberg L
Article: JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. 2023;78(12):2131-2140

Very Early-Life Risk Factors for Developing Dementia: Evidence From Full Population Registers.

Fischer M; Lövdén M; Nilsson T; Seblova D
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2023;13(1):9418

The role of acute changes in mBDNF, cortisol and pro-BDNF in predicting cognitive performance in old age

Nilsson J; Ekblom M; Moberg M; Lovden M
Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-GENERAL. 2023;152(3):763-779

Practice-related changes in perceptual evidence accumulation correlate with changes in working memory.

Schmiedek F; Lövdén M; Ratcliff R; Lindenberger U
Article: AGING BRAIN. 2023;4:100082

No moderating influence of education on the association between changes in hippocampus volume and memory performance in aging.

Lövdén M; Pagin A; Bartrés-Faz D; Boraxbekk C-J; Brandmaier AM; Demnitz N; Drevon CA; Ebmeier KP; Fjell AM; Ghisletta P; Gorbach T; Lindenberger U; Plachti A; Walhovd KB; Nyberg L
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2022;12(1):20957

Longitudinal stability in working memory and frontal activity in relation to general brain maintenance

Nyberg L; Karalija N; Papenberg G; Salami A; Andersson M; Pedersen R; Vikner T; Garrett DDD; Riklund K; Wahlin A; Lovden M; Lindenberger U; Backman L
Article: ELIFE. 2022;11:e77432

Learning-related contraction of gray matter in rodent sensorimotor cortex is associated with adaptive myelination

Mediavilla T; Ozalay O; Estevez-Silva HM; Frias B; Oradd G; Sultan FR; Brozzoli C; Garzon B; Lovden M; Marcellino DJ
Article: NEUROLOGY. 2022;99(12):e1278-e1289

Longitudinal Dopamine D2 Receptor Changes and Cerebrovascular Health in Aging

Karalija N; Johansson J; Papenberg G; Wahlin A; Salami A; Kohncke Y; Brandmaier AM; Andersson M; Axelsson J; Riklund K; Lovden M; Lindenberger U; Backman L; Nyberg L
Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2022;32(19):4356-4369

Estimated Gray Matter Volume Rapidly Changes after a Short Motor Task

Olivo G; Lovden M; Manzouri A; Terlau L; Jenner B; Jafari A; Petersson S; Li T-Q; Fischer H; Mansson KNT
Article: NPJ SCIENCE OF LEARNING. 2022;7(1):7

Genetic associations with learning over 100 days of practice

Youn C; Grotzinger AD; Lill CM; Bertram L; Schmiedek F; Lovden M; Lindenberger U; Nivard M; Harden KP; Tucker-Drob EM
Article: PSYCHOLOGY OF SPORT AND EXERCISE. 2022;60:102171

Associations of cardiorespiratory fitness and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity with latent cognitive abilities in older adults

Nilsson J; Ekblom M; Lovden M
Article: NPJ PARKINSONS DISEASE. 2022;8(1):12

Behavioural and neuroplastic effects of a double-blind randomised controlled balance exercise trial in people with Parkinson's disease

Freidle M; Johansson H; Ekman U; Lebedev AV; Schalling E; Thompson WH; Svenningsson P; Lovden M; Abney A; Albrecht F; Steurer H; Leavy B; Holmin S; Hagstromer M; Franzen E
Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2021;245:118707

A common polymorphism in the dopamine transporter gene predicts working memory performance and in vivo dopamine integrity in aging.

Karalija N; Köhncke Y; Düzel S; Bertram L; Papenberg G; Demuth I; Lill CM; Johansson J; Riklund K; Lövdén M; Bäckman L; Nyberg L; Lindenberger U; Brandmaier AM
Article: SCIENCE. 2021;374(6569):eabe0874

Tool use and language share syntactic processes and neural patterns in the basal ganglia

Thibault S; Py R; Gervasi AM; Salemme R; Koun E; Lovden M; Boulenger V; Roy AC; Brozzoli C
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2021;11(1):21089

Fronto-striatal dopamine D2 receptor availability is associated with cognitive variability in older individuals with low dopamine integrity

Korkki SM; Papenberg G; Karalija N; Garrett DD; Riklund K; Lovden M; Lindenberger U; Nyberg L; Backman L
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2021;11(1):16724

Higher VO₂max is associated with thicker cortex and lower grey matter blood flow in older adults

Olivo G; Nilsson J; Garzon B; Lebedev A; Wahlin A; Tarassova O; Ekblom MM; Lovden M
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2021;11(1):15058

Psychedelic drug use and schizotypy in young adults

Lebedev AV; Acar K; Garzon B; Almeida R; Raback J; Aberg A; Martinsson S; Olsson A; Louzolo A; Parnamets P; Lovden M; Atlas L; Ingvar M; Petrovic P
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2021;190(5):817-826

Does Prolonged Education Causally Affect Dementia Risk When Adult Socioeconomic Status Is Not Altered? A Swedish Natural Experiment in 1.3 Million Individuals

Seblova D; Fischer M; Fors S; Johnell K; Karlsson M; Nilsson T; Svensson AC; Lovden M; Lager A
Article: BRAIN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION. 2021;226(3):743-758

Role of dopamine and gray matter density in aging effects and individual differences of functional connectomes

Garzon B; Lovden M; de Boer L; Axelsson J; Riklund K; Backman L; Nyberg L; Guitart-Masip M
Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2021;225:117500

Immediate effects of a single session of physical exercise on cognition and cerebral blood flow: A randomized controlled study of older adults

Olivo G; Nilsson J; Garzon B; Lebedev A; Wahlin A; Tarassova O; Ekblom M; Lovden M
Article: FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE. 2021;13:666851

Second Language Learning in Older Adults: Effects on Brain Structure and Predictors of Learning Success

Nilsson J; Berggren R; Garzon B; Lebedev AV; Lovden M
Article: PLOS ONE. 2021;16(5):e0251849

Measuring implicit sequence learning and dual task ability in mild to moderate Parkinson′s disease: A feasibility study

Freidle M; Johansson H; Lebedev AV; Ekman U; Lovden M; Franzen E
Article: CURRENT OPINION IN BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. 2020;36:163-168

Human Skill Learning: Expansion, Exploration, Selection, and Refinement

Lovden M; Garzon B; Lindenberger U
Article: BILINGUALISM-LANGUAGE AND COGNITION. 2020;23(4):763-771

White matter microstructure predicts foreign language learning in army interpreters

Martensson J; Eriksson J; Bodammer NC; Lindgren M; Johansson M; Nyberg L; Lovden M
Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. 2020;21(1):6-41

Education and Cognitive Functioning Across the Life Span

Lovden M; Fratiglioni L; Glymour MM; Lindenberger U; Tucker-Drob EM
Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2020;209:116475

The importance of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex for associative memory in older adults: A latent structural equation analysis

Brehmer Y; Nilsson J; Berggren R; Schmiedek F; Lovden M
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2020;10(1):5227

Effects of daily L-dopa administration on learning and brain structure in older adults undergoing cognitive training: a randomised clinical trial

Lebedev AV; Nilsson J; Lindstrom J; Fredborg W; Akenine U; Hillila C; Andersen P; Spulber G; de lange ECM; van den Berg D-J; Kivipelto M; Lovden M
Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2020;30(3):989-1000

Balance between Transmitter Availability and Dopamine D2 Receptors in Prefrontal Cortex Influences Memory Functioning

Papenberg G; Karalija N; Salami A; Rieckmann A; Andersson M; Axelsson J; Riklund K; Lindenberger U; Lovden M; Nyberg L; Backman L
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2020;10(1):4395

Acute increases in brain-derived neurotrophic factor in plasma following physical exercise relates to subsequent learning in older adults

Nilsson J; Ekblom O; Ekblom M; Lebedev A; Tarassova O; Moberg M; Lovden M
Article: PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING. 2020;35(2):212-219

Foreign Language Learning in Older Age Does Not Improve Memory or Intelligence: Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Study

Berggren R; Nilsson J; Brehmer Y; Schmiedek F; Lovden M
Article: NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA. 2020;137:107325

No evidence for any effect of multiple sessions of frontal transcranial direct stimulation on mood in healthy older adults

Freidle M; Nilsson J; Lebedev AV; Lovden M
Article: FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY. 2020;11:1080

Peripheral BDNF Response to Physical and Cognitive Exercise and Its Association With Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Healthy Older Adults

Tarassova O; Ekblom MM; Moberg M; Lovden M; Nilsson J
Article: PEERJ. 2020;8:e9290

Within-person structures of daily cognitive performance differ from between-person structures of cognitive abilities

Schmiedek F; Loevden M; von Oertzen T; Lindenberger U
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY. 2020;28(1):33-44

Low Mood and Risk of Dementia: The Role of Marital Status and Living Situation

Sjoberg L; Fratiglioni L; Lovden M; Wang H-X
Article: BMC NEUROLOGY. 2019;19(1):280

The EXPANd trial: effects of exercise and exploring neuroplastic changes in people with Parkinson's disease: a study protocol for a double-blinded randomized controlled trial

Franzen E; Johansson H; Freidle M; Ekman U; Wallen MB; Schalling E; Lebedev A; Lovden M; Holmin S; Svenningsson P; Hagstromer M
Article: BRAIN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION. 2019;224(8):2871-2882

Mapping the landscape of human dopamine D2/3 receptors with [¹¹C]raclopride

Papenberg G; Jonasson L; Karalija N; Johansson J; Koehncke Y; Salami A; Andersson M; Axelsson J; Wahlin A; Riklund K; Lindenberger U; Lovden M; Nyberg L; Backman L
Article: ANNALS OF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL NEUROLOGY. 2019;6(11):2291-2303

Cardiovascular factors are related to dopamine integrity and cognition in aging

Karalija N; Wahlin A; Ek J; Rieckmann A; Papenberg G; Salami A; Brandmaier AM; Kohncke Y; Johansson J; Andersson M; Axelsson J; Oradd G; Riklund K; Lovden M; Lindenberger U; Backman L; Nyberg L
Article: ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE. 2019;6(7):180857

Are global and specific interindividual differences in cortical thickness associated with facets of cognitive abilities, including face cognition?

Meyer K; Garzon B; Lovden M; Hildebrandt A
Article: JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE. 2019;31(2):314-325

C957T-mediated Variation in Ligand Affinity Affects the Association between ¹¹C-raclopride Binding Potential and Cognition

Karalija N; Papenberg G; Wahlin A; Johansson J; Andersson M; Axelsson J; Riklund K; Lovden M; Lindenberger U; Backman L; Nyberg L
Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2019;39(3):537-547

Dopamine D_2/3 Binding Potential Modulates Neural Signatures of Working Memory in a Load-Dependent Fashion

Salami A; Garrett DD; Wahlin A; Rieckmann A; Papenberg G; Karalija N; Jonasson L; Andersson M; Axelsson J; Johansson J; Riklund A; Lovden M; Lindenberger U; Backman L; Nyberg L
Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 2019;10:1639

Language as a Tool: Motor Proficiency Using a Tool Predicts Individual Linguistic Abilities

Brozzoli C; Roy AC; Lidborg LH; Lovden M
Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2018;28(11):3894-3907

Latent-Profile Analysis Reveals Behavioral and Brain Correlates of Dopamine-Cognition Associations

Lovden M; Karalija N; Andersson M; Wahlin A; Axelsson J; Kohncke Y; Jonasson LS; Rieckman A; Papenberg G; Garrett DD; Guitart-Masip M; Salami A; Riklund K; Backman L; Nyberg L; Lindenberger U
Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2018;181:605-616

Self-rated intensity of habitual physical activities is positively associated with dopamine D_2/3 receptor availability and cognition

Koehncke Y; Papenberg G; Jonasson L; Karalija N; Wahlin A; Salami A; Andersson M; Axelsson JE; Nyberg L; Riklund K; Backman L; Lindenberger U; Lovden M
Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2018;28(7):2525-2539

Neurocognitive Profiles of Older Adults with Working-Memory Dysfunction

Salami A; Rieckmann A; Karalija N; Avelar-Pereira B; Andersson M; Wahlin A; Papenberg G; Garrett DD; Riklund K; Loevden M; Lindenberger U; Backman L; Nyberg L
Article: JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE. 2018;30(7):1033-1046

Working Memory and Reasoning Benefit from Different Modes of Large-scale Brain Dynamics in Healthy Older Adults

Lebedev AV; Nilsson J; Lovden M
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION DISORDERS. 2018;53(3):605-614

Development of a language screening instrument for Swedish 4-year-olds

Lavesson A; Lovden M; Hansson K
Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 2018;9:1138

Education Does Not Affect Cognitive Decline in Aging: A Bayesian Assessment of the Association Between Education and Change in Cognitive Performance

Berggren R; Nilsson J; Lovden M
Article: CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2018;10:1679-1693

Thirty-year trends in dementia: a nationwide population study of Swedish inpatient records

Seblova D; Quiroga ML; Fors S; Johnell K; Lovden M; de Leon AP; Svensson AC; Wicks S; Lager A
Article: PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING. 2017;32(6):557-571

Age Differences in Coupling of Intraindividual Variability in Mnemonic Strategies and Practice-Related Associative Recall Improvements

Hertzog C; Loevden M; Lindenberger U; Schmiedek F
Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 2017;28(7):907-920

Direct-Current Stimulation Does Little to Improve the Outcome of Working Memory Training in Older Adults

Nilsson J; Lebedev AV; Rydstrom A; Lovden M
Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2017;27(5):2911-2925

Repeated Structural Imaging Reveals Nonlinear Progression of Experience-Dependent Volume Changes in Human Motor Cortex

Wenger E; Kuehn S; Verrel J; Martensson J; Bodammer NC; Lindenberger U; Lovden M
Article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2017;13(3):247-256

Mixed brain lesions mediate the association between cardiovascular risk burden and cognitive decline in old age: A population-based study

Wang R; Fratiglioni L; Kalpouzos G; Lovden M; Laukka EJ; Bronge L; Wahlund L-O; Backman L; Qiu C
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2017;46(1):303-311

Cognitive and emotional outcomes after prolonged education: a quasi-experiment on 320 182 Swedish boys

Lager A; Seblova D; Falkstedt D; Lovden M
Article: HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING. 2016;37(9):3203-3213

LSD-Induced Entropic Brain Activity Predicts Subsequent Personality Change

Lebedev AV; Kaelen M; Lovden M; Nilsson J; Feilding A; Nutt DJ; Carhart-Harris RL
Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2016;113(28):7918-7923

Dopamine D2 receptor availability is linked to hippocampal-caudate functional connectivity and episodic memory

Nyberg L; Karalija N; Salami A; Andersson M; Wahlin A; Kaboovand N; Kohncke Y; Axelsson J; Rieckmann A; Papenberg G; Garrett DD; Riklund K; Lovden M; Lindenberger U; Backman L
Article: JOURNAL OF CROSS-CULTURAL GERONTOLOGY. 2016;31(2):143-156

Different Context but Similar Cognitive Structures: Older Adults in Rural Bangladesh.

Sternäng O; Lövdén M; Kabir ZN; Hamadani JD; Wahlin Å
Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2016;131:142-154

Relationships of peripheral IGF-1, VEGF and BDNF levels to exercise-related changes in memory, hippocampal perfusion and volumes in older adults

Maass A; Duezel S; Brigadski T; Goerke M; Becke A; Sobieray U; Neumann K; Lovden M; Lindenberger U; Backman L; Braun-Dullaeus R; Ahrens D; Heinze H-J; Mueller NG; Lessmann V; Sendtner M; Duezel E
Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2016;131:205-213

Behavioral correlates of changes in hippocampal gray matter structure during acquisition of foreign vocabulary

Bellander M; Berggren R; Martensson J; Brehmer Y; Wenger E; Li T-Q; Bodammer NC; Shing Y-L; Werkle-Bergner M; Lovden M
Article: NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING. 2016;41:173-186

Three-year changes in leisure activities are associated with concurrent changes in white matter microstructure and perceptual speed in individuals aged 80 years and older

Kohncke Y; Laukka EJ; Brehmer Y; Kalpouzos G; Li T-Q; Fratiglioni L; Backman L; Lovden M
Article: FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE. 2016;8:326

No Evidence for Improved Associative Memory Performance Following Process-Based Associative Memory Training in Older Adults

Bellander M; Eschen A; Lovden M; Martin M; Backman L; Brehmer Y
Article: BRAIN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION. 2015;220(5):2927-2938

Magnified effects of the COMT gene on white-matter microstructure in very old age

Papenberg G; Lovden M; Laukka EJ; Kalpouzos G; Keller L; Graff C; Kohncke Y; Li T-Q; Fratiglioni L; Backman L
Article: HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING. 2015;36(8):3137-3153

Finding the self by losing the self: Neural correlates of ego-dissolution under psilocybin

Lebedev AV; Lovden M; Rosenthal G; Feilding A; Nutt DJ; Carhart-Harris RL
Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2015;20(5):585-593

Vascular hippocampal plasticity after aerobic exercise in older adults

Maass A; Duezel S; Goerke M; Becke A; Sobieray U; Neumann K; Loevden M; Lindenberger U; Backman L; Braun-Dullaeus R; Ahrens D; Heinze H-J; Mueller NG; Duezel E
Article: NEUROLOGY. 2015;84(11):1128-1135

Effects of vascular risk factors and APOE ε4 on white matter integrity and cognitive decline

Wang R; Fratiglioni L; Laukka EJ; Lovden M; Kalpouzos G; Keller L; Graff C; Salami A; Backman L; Qiu C
Article: NEUROPSYCHOLOGY. 2015;29(2):247-254

Lower Baseline Performance but Greater Plasticity of Working Memory for Carriers of the Val Allele of the COMT Val¹⁵⁸Met Polymorphism

Bellander M; Backman L; Liu T; Schjeide B-MM; Bertram L; Schmiedek F; Lindenberger U; Loevden M
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY. 2015;29(1):55-71

Differences in the Between-Person and Within-Person Structures of Affect Are a Matter of Degree

Brose A; Voelkle MC; Lovden M; Lindenberger U; Schmiedek F
Article: PLOS ONE. 2015;10(8):e0134766

Microstructural White Matter Properties Mediate the Association between APOE and Perceptual Speed in Very Old Persons without Dementia

Laukka EJ; Lovden M; Kalpouzos G; Papenberg G; Keller L; Graff C; Li T-Q; Fratiglioni L; Backman L
Article: FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE. 2015;7:230

No Significant Effect of Prefrontal tDCS on Working Memory Performance in Older Adults

Nilsson J; Lebedev AV; Lovden M
Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2014;102:520-530

Changes in perceptual speed and white matter microstructure in the corticospinal tract are associated in very old age

Lovden M; Kohncke Y; Laukka EJ; Kalpouzos G; Salami A; Li T-Q; Fratiglioni L; Backman L
Article: DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2014;50(9):2304-2310

Younger Adults Show Long-Term Effects of Cognitive Training on Broad Cognitive Abilities Over 2 Years

Schmiedek F; Lovden M; Lindenberger U
Article: HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING. 2014;35(8):4236-4248

Comparing Manual and Automatic Segmentation of Hippocampal Volumes: Reliability and Validity Issues in Younger and Older Brains

Wenger E; Martensson J; Noack H; Bodammer NC; Kuehn S; Schaefer S; Heinze H-J; Duezel E; Backman L; Lindenberger U; Lovden M
Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2014;34(25):8519-8528

Coordinated within-Trial Dynamics of Low-Frequency Neural Rhythms Controls Evidence Accumulation

Werkle-Bergner M; Grandy TH; Chicherio C; Schmiedek F; Lovden M; Lindenberger U
Article: PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING. 2014;29(2):440-449

The Benefits of Staying Active in Old Age: Physical Activity Counteracts the Negative Influence of PICALM, BIN1, and CLU Risk Alleles on Episodic Memory Functioning

Ferencz B; Laukka EJ; Welmer A-K; Kalpouzos G; Angleman S; Keller L; Graff C; Lovden M; Backman L
Article: EMOTION. 2014;14(1):1-6

Daily Fluctuations in Positive Affect Positively Co-Vary With Working Memory Performance

Brose A; Lovden M; Schmiedek F
Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 2014;5:1475

A task is a task is a task: putting complex span, n-back, and other working memory indicators in psychometric context

Schmiedek F; Loevden M; Lindenberger U
Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2013;79:10-18

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

Grandy TH; Werkle-Bergner M; Chicherio C; Lovden M; Schmiedek F; Lindenberger U
Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 2013;24(9):1747-1754

Keeping It Steady Older Adults Perform More Consistently on Cognitive Tasks Than Younger Adults

Schmiedek F; Lovden M; Lindenberger U
Article: SOCIAL COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE. 2013;8(6):688-693

The neural representation of intrusive thoughts

Kuhn S; Schmiedek F; Brose A; Schott BH; Lindenberger U; Lovden M
Article: HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING. 2013;34(7):1530-1541

The dynamics of change in striatal activity following updating training

Kuhn S; Schmiedek F; Noack H; Wenger E; Bodammer NC; Lindenberger U; Lovden M
Article: BRAIN AND COGNITION. 2013;82(2):171-180

Differential brain shrinkage over 6 months shows limited association with cognitive practice

Raz N; Schmiedek F; Rodrigue KM; Kennedy KM; Lindenberger U; Lovden M
Article: HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING. 2013;34(6):1386-1398

The dimensionality of between-person differences in white matter microstructure in old age

Lovden M; Laukka EJ; Rieckmann A; Kalpouzos G; Li T-Q; Jonsson T; Wahlund L-O; Fratiglioni L; Backman L
Article: PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY. 2013;50(6):570-582

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

Grandy TH; Werkle-Bergner M; Chicherio C; Schmiedek F; Loevden M; Lindenberger U
Article: PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING. 2013;28(2):467-480

Age-Related Differences in Temporal and Spatial Dimensions of Episodic Memory Performance Before and After Hundred Days of Practice

Noack H; Loevden M; Schmiedek F; Lindenberger U
Article: PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING. 2013;28(1):262-274

Genetic Effects on Old-Age Cognitive Functioning: A Population-Based Study

Laukka EJ; Lovden M; Herlitz A; Karlsson S; Ferencz B; Pantzar A; Keller L; Graff C; Fratiglioni L; Backman L
Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2013;64:209-215

Does variability in cognitive performance correlate with frontal brain volume?

Lovden M; Schmiedek F; Kennedy KM; Rodrigue KM; Lindenberger U; Raz N
Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(11):e81419

Associations between White Matter Microstructure and Cognitive Performance in Old and Very Old Age

Laukka EJ; Lovden M; Kalpouzos G; Li T-Q; Jonsson T; Wahlund L-O; Fratiglioni L; Backman L
Article: FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE. 2013;7:198

The influence of APOE and TOMM40 polymorphisms on hippocampal volume and episodic memory in old age

Ferencz B; Laukka EJ; Lovden M; Kalpouzos G; Keller L; Graff C; Wahlund L-O; Fratiglioni L; Backman L
Article: PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING. 2012;27(4):881-891

Health is health is health? Age differences in intraindividual variability and in within-person versus between-person factor structures of self-reported health complaints.

Wolff JK; Brose A; Lövdén M; Tesch-Römer C; Lindenberger U; Schmiedek F
Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2012;63(1):240-244

Growth of language-related brain areas after foreign language learning

Martensson J; Eriksson J; Bodammer NC; Lindgren M; Johansson M; Nyberg L; Lovden M
Article: PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING. 2012;27(3):627-637

Normal Aging Increases Discriminal Dispersion in Visuospatial Short-Term Memory

Noack H; Lovden M; Lindenberger U
Article: EMOTION. 2012;12(3):605-617

Daily Variability in Working Memory is Coupled With Negative Affect: The Role of Attention and Motivation

Brose A; Schmiedek F; Lovden M; Lindenberger U
Article: PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING. 2012;27(2):451-461

Memory Updating Practice Across 100 Days in the COGITO Study

Shing YL; Schmiedek F; Loevden M; Lindenberger U
Article: NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING. 2012;33(3):620.e9-620.e22

Spatial navigation training protects the hippocampus against age-related changes during early and late adulthood

Lovden M; Schaefer S; Noack H; Bodammer NC; Kuehn S; Heinze H-J; Duezel E; Baeckman L; Lindenberger U
Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2012;59(4):3389-3397

Cortical thickness changes following spatial navigation training in adulthood and aging

Wenger E; Schaefer S; Noack H; Kuehn S; Martensson J; Heinze H-J; Duezel E; Backman L; Lindenberger U; Loevden M
Article: NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING. 2012;33(1):200.e1-200.10

Normal aging reduces motor synergies in manual pointing.

Verrel J; Lövdén M; Lindenberger U
Article: PLOS ONE. 2012;7(12):e52024

Older Adults Show Preserved Equilibrium but Impaired Step Length Control in Motor-Equivalent Stabilization of Gait

Verrel J; Lovden M; Lindenberger U
Article: FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE. 2012;6:141

Training-induced compensation versus magnification of individual differences in memory performance

Lovden M; Brehmer Y; Li S-C; Lindenberger U
Article: JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE. 2011;23(9):2147-2158

Brain areas consistently linked to individual differences in perceptual decision-making in younger as well as older adults before and after training.

Kühn S; Schmiedek F; Schott B; Ratcliff R; Heinze H-J; Düzel E; Lindenberger U; Lövden M
Article: PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING. 2011;26(2):488-502

Normal Aging Dampens the Link Between Intrusive Thoughts and Negative Affect in Reaction to Daily Stressors

Brose A; Schmiedek F; Lovden M; Lindenberger U
Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2011;21(6):1435-1442

Performance-Related Increases in Hippocampal N-acetylaspartate (NAA) Induced by Spatial Navigation Training Are Restricted to BDNF Val Homozygotes

Loevden M; Schaefer S; Noack H; Kanowski M; Kaufmann J; Tempelmann C; Bodammer NC; Kuehn S; Heinze H-J; Lindenberger U; Duezel E; Baeckman L
Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 2011;2:12

Do intensive studies of a foreign language improve associative memory performance?

Martensson J; Lovden M
Article: EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 2010;207(1-2):13-26

Motor-equivalent covariation stabilizes step parameters and center of mass position during treadmill walking.

Verrel J; Lövdén M; Lindenberger U
Article: NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA. 2010;48(13):3878-3883

Experience-dependent plasticity of white-matter microstructure extends into old age

Loevden M; Bodammer NC; Kuehn S; Kaufmann J; Schuetze H; Tempelmann C; Heinze H-J; Duezel E; Schmiedek F; Lindenberger U
Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN. 2010;136(4):659-676

A Theoretical Framework for the Study of Adult Cognitive Plasticity

Loevden M; Backman L; Lindenberger U; Schaefer S; Schmiedek F
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2010;7(3):371-389

Cognitive performance is improved while walking: Differences in cognitive-sensorimotor couplings between children and young adults

Schaefer S; Loevden M; Wieckhorst B; Lindenberger U
Article: RESEARCH IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. 2010;7(1):61-78

Adult Age Differences in Covariation of Motivation and Working Memory Performance: Contrasting Between-Person and Within-Person Findings

Brose A; Schmiedek F; Lovden M; Molenaar PCM; Lindenberger U
Article: GAIT & POSTURE. 2010;31(3):295-299

Adult age differences in familiarization to treadmill walking within virtual environments.

Schellenbach M; Lövdén M; Verrel J; Krüger A; Lindenberger U
Article: FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE. 2010;2:27

Hundred Days of Cognitive Training Enhance Broad Cognitive Abilities in Adulthood: Findings from the COGITO Study.

Schmiedek F; Lövdén M; Lindenberger U
Article: PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING. 2009;24(4):841-857

On the relation of mean reaction time and intraindividual reaction time variability.

Schmiedek F; Lövdén M; Lindenberger U
Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-LEARNING MEMORY AND COGNITION. 2009;35(4):1089-1096

Complex span versus updating tasks of working memory: the gap is not that deep.

Schmiedek F; Hildebrandt A; Lövdén M; Wilhelm O; Lindenberger U
Article: PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING. 2009;24(1):75-81

Interacting effects of cognitive load and adult age on the regularity of whole-body motion during treadmill walking.

Verrel J; Lövdén M; Schellenbach M; Schaefer S; Lindenberger U
Article: JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. 2008;63(3):P121-P128

Walking variability and working-memory load in aging: a dual-process account relating cognitive control to motor control performance.

Lövdén M; Schaefer S; Pohlmeyer AE; Lindenberger U
Article: GERONTOLOGY. 2008;54(1):59-68

Psychological principles of successful aging technologies: a mini-review.

Lindenberger U; Lövdén M; Schellenbach M; Li S-C; Krüger A
Article: AGING NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITION. 2007;15(1):40-67

Cross-sectional versus longitudinal age gradients of tower of Hanoi performance: the role of practice effects and cohort differences in education.

Rönnlund M; Lövdén M; Nilsson L-G
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY. 2007;48(5):353-358

Quantitative and qualitative sex differences in spatial navigation

Loevden M; Herlitz A; Schellenbach M; Grossman-Hutter B; Krueger A; Lindenberger U
Article: NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA. 2007;45(12):2827-2838

Within-person trial-to-trial variability precedes and predicts cognitive decline in old and very old age: longitudinal data from the Berlin Aging Study.

Lövdén M; Li S-C; Shing YL; Lindenberger U
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY. 2007;42(4):229-242

The Center for Lifespan Psychology at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development:: Overview of conceptual agenda and illustration of research activities

Lindenberger U; Li S-C; Loevden M; Schmiedek F
Article: INTELLIGENCE. 2007;35(4):381-392

Revisiting the dedifferentiation hypothesis with longitudinal multi-cohort data

de Frias CM; Loevden M; Lindenberger U; Nilsson L-G
Article: JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. 2006;61(5):P253-P261

Does activity engagement protect against cognitive decline in old age? Methodological and analytical considerations.

Ghisletta P; Bickel J-F; Lövdén M
Article: PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING. 2005;20(4):683-694

Environmental topography and postural control demands shape aging-associated decrements in spatial navigation performance.

Lövdén M; Schellenbach M; Grossman-Hutter B; Krüger A; Lindenberger U
Article: PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING. 2005;20(3):423-434

Social participation attenuates decline in perceptual speed in old and very old age.

Lövdén M; Ghisletta P; Lindenberger U
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY. 2005;46(3):253-262

The sensory-cognition association in adulthood:: Different magnitudes for processing speed, inhibition, episodic memory, and false memory?

Lövdén M; Wahlin Å
Article: PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING. 2005;20(2):303-316

Studying individual aging in an interindividual context: typical paths of age-related, dementia-related, and mortality-related cognitive development in old age.

Lövdén M; Bergman L; Adolfsson R; Lindenberger U; Nilsson L-G
Article: JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. 2004;59(3):P130-P134

The extent of stability and change in episodic and semantic memory in old age:: Demographic predictors of level and change

Lövdén M; Rönnlund M; Wahlin Å; Bäckman L; Nyberg L; Nilsson LG
Article: PSYCHONOMIC BULLETIN & REVIEW. 2003;10(3):724-729

Are covert verbal responses mediating false implicit memory?

Lövdén M; Johansson M
Article: JOURNAL OF MEMORY AND LANGUAGE. 2003;49(2):268-283

The episodic memory and inhibition accounts of age-related increases in false memories:: A consistency check

Lövdén M
Article: ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA. 2003;112(1):89-103

Sex differences in recollective experience for olfactory and verbal information

Larsson M; Lövdén M; Nilsson LG
Article: AGING NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITION. 2001;8(4):269-283

Adult age differences in tower of Hanoi performance:: Influence from demographic and cognitive variables

Rönnlund M; Lövdén M; Nilsson LG
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Review: TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES. 2023;27(10):901-915

Timing of lifespan influences on brain and cognition.

Walhovd KB; Lövden M; Fjell AM
Editorial comment: AGING BRAIN. 2023;4:100100

Editorial: Special issue in honor of Professor Lars Backman

Nyberg L; Laukka EJ; Lovden M
Review: AGEING RESEARCH REVIEWS. 2020;58:101005

Education and age-related decline in cognitive performance: Systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal cohort studies

Seblova D; Berggren R; Lovden M
Review: ALZHEIMERS RESEARCH & THERAPY. 2018;10(1):34

Naming is not explaining: future directions for the "cognitive reserve" and "brain maintenance" theories

Nilsson J; Lovden M
Review: TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES. 2017;21(12):930-939

Expansion and Renormalization of Human Brain Structure During Skill Acquisition

Wenger E; Brozzoli C; Lindenberger U; Lovden M
Editorial comment: NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE. 2017;18(5):261-262

Towards a stronger science of human plasticity

Lindenberger U; Wenger E; Lovden M
Review: MIND BRAIN AND EDUCATION. 2016;10(3):171-183

The Learning Hippocampus: Education and Experience-Dependent Plasticity

Wenger E; Lovden M
Review: BRAIN RESEARCH. 2015;1612:83-103

COBRA: A prospective multimodal imaging study of dopamine, brain structure and function, and cognition

Nevalainen N; Riklund K; Andersson M; Axelsson J; Ogren M; Lovden M; Lindenberger U; Backman L; Nyberg L
Review: PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-PSYCHOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG. 2014;78(6):790-802

Plasticity of brain and cognition in older adults

Brehmer Y; Kalpouzos G; Wenger E; Loevden M
Review: PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-PSYCHOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG. 2014;78(6):773-789

On the validity and generality of transfer effects in cognitive training research

Noack H; Loevden M; Schmiedek F
Review: NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS. 2013;37(9):2296-2310

Structural brain plasticity in adult learning and development

Loevden M; Wenger E; Martensson J; Lindenberger U; Backman L
Review: CURRENT OPINION IN PSYCHIATRY. 2013;26(3):239-243

Lifestyle change and the prevention of cognitive decline and dementia: what is the evidence?

Lovden M; Xu W; Wang H-X
Review: TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES. 2012;16(5):292-305

Memory aging and brain maintenance

Nyberg L; Lovden M; Riklund K; Lindenberger U; Backman L
Review: RESTORATIVE NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE. 2009;27(5):435-453

Cognitive plasticity in adulthood and old age: gauging the generality of cognitive intervention effects.

Noack H; Lövdén M; Schmiedek F; Lindenberger U
Review: DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2007;43(3):705-718

Well-being affects changes in perceptual speed in advanced old age: longitudinal evidence for a dynamic link.

Gerstorf D; Lövdén M; Röcke C; Smith J; Lindenberger U
Review: AGING NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITION. 2004;11(2-3):104-133

Cognition in the Berlin Aging Study (BASE):: The first 10 years

Lövdén M; Ghisletta P; Lindenberger U
Published conference paper: AGING NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITION. 2002;9(3):184-200

Remembering and knowing in adulthood:: Effects of enacted encoding and relations to processing speed

Lövdén M; Rönnlund M; Nilsson LG

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