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Marlen Schmicker

Researcher at German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases

Publications -  23
Citations -  627

Marlen Schmicker is an academic researcher from German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cognition & Working memory. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 18 publications receiving 396 citations. Previous affiliations of Marlen Schmicker include Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg.

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Psychological consequences of COVID-19 home confinement: The ECLB-COVID19 multicenter study.

Achraf Ammar, +72 more
- 05 Nov 2020 - 
TL;DR: The ECLB-COVID19 survey revealed an increased psychosocial strain triggered by the home confinement, and a crisis-oriented interdisciplinary intervention is urgently needed to mitigate this high risk of mental disorders.
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Dancing or Fitness Sport? The Effects of Two Training Programs on Hippocampal Plasticity and Balance Abilities in Healthy Seniors

TL;DR: Dancing constitutes a promising candidate in counteracting the age-related decline in physical and mental abilities and is compared with traditional health fitness training on volumes of hippocampal subfields and balance abilities.
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Evolution of Neuroplasticity in Response to Physical Activity in Old Age: The Case for Dancing.

TL;DR: The results of this study suggest that participating in a long-term dance program that requires constant cognitive and motor learning is superior to engaging in repetitive physical exercises in inducing neuroplasticity in the brains of seniors and dance is highly promising in its potential to counteract age-related gray matter decline.
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Errorless and errorful learning modulated by transcranial direct current stimulation

TL;DR: C cathodal stimulation of the left DLPFC hampered memory performance following the conflict-inducing errorful learning as compared to no modulation after errorless learning emphasizing the importance of theleft D LPFC in executive control of memory.
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Preventive strategies for dementia

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarized the current developments in preventing dementia by modification of life style factors and the main focus lies on the impact of cognitive and physical activity on neuroprotection.