Claudia D. Tesche

Professor
Email: ctesche@unm.edu
Office: Logan 138
Office Hours: Monday & Wednesday, 2:30-4:00 p.m.
Phone: 505-277-3544

Research Interests
We utilize a variety of imaging methodologies, including magnetoencephalography (MEG), electroencephalography (EEG), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to characterize and modulate human brain dynamics. Research interests include MEG studies of cortico-subcortical networks that are engaged in attentional and memory processes in normal adults. We have an ongoing research effort on the modulation of visual attention by tDCS. In addition, we are initiating two new funded projects, one involving MEG characterization of network dynamics in adolescents with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and a second on the elucidation of the neurophysiological basis of the therapeutic process involved in motivational interviewing for the treatment of substance abuse.

Recent Publications

Stone, D.B. & Tesche, C.D. (2009). Transcranial direct current stimulation modulates shifts in global/local attention. NeuroReport, 20(12), 1115–1119.
Martin, T., Houck, J.M., Kicic, D., & Tesche, C.D. (2008). Interval timers and coupled oscillators both mediate the effect of temporally structured cueing. Neuroimage, 40 (4), 1798-1806.
Houck, J.M., Martin, T., Pearson Bish, J., Moses, S.N., Woodruff, C.C., Kicic, D., & Tesche, C.D. (2007). Early cerebellar activation predicts choice reaction time. International Congress Series, 1300, 413-416. DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2007.02.054
Houck, J.M., Martin, T., Bish, J.P., Moses, S.N., Woodruff, C.C., Kicic, D., & Tesche, C.D. (2007). Early cerebellar activation predicts response time. In: New Frontiers in Biomagnetism, ICS, 1300. (D. Cheyne, B.Ross, G. Stroink, & H. Weinberg, Eds.) Elsevier, July 2007.
Martin, T., McDaniel, M.A., Guynn, M.J., Houck, J.M., Woodruff, C.C., Pearson Bish, J., Moses, S.N., Kicic, D., & Tesche, C.D. (2007). Brain Regions and Their Dynamics in Prospective Memory Retrieval: A MEG Study. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 64 (3), 247-258. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2006.09.010
Moses, S.N., Houck, J.M., Martin, T., Hanlon, F.M., Ryan, J. D., Thoma, R.J., Weisend, M.P., Jackson, E.M., Pekkonen, E., & Tesche, C.D. (2007). Dynamic neural activity recorded from human amygdala during fear conditioning using magnetoencephalography. Brain Research Bulletin, 71, 452-460. DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2006.08.016
Tesche, C.D., Moses, S.N., Houck, J.M., Martin, T., Hanlon, F.M., Jackson, E.M., & Kicic, D. (2007). Dynamics of frontal and cerebellar activation during aversive conditioning: A MEG study. International Congress Series, 1300, 437-440. DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2007.02.057
Martin, T., Houck, J. M., Pearson Bish, J., Kicic, D., Woodruff, C. C., Moses, S. N., Lee, D.C., & Tesche, C.D. (2006). MEG reveals different contributions of somatomotor cortex and cerebellum to simple reaction time after temporally structured cues. Human Brain Mapping, 27, 552-561. DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20200
Martin, T., Egly, R., Houck, J.M., Pearson-Bish, J., Barrera, B., Lee, D., & Tesche, C. (2005). Chronometric Evidence for Entrained Attention. Perception & Psychophysics, 67, 168-184.
Moses, S. N., Martin, T., Houck, J. M., Ilmoniemi, R. J., & Tesche, C. D. (2005). The C50m response: Conditioned magnetocerebral activity recorded from the human brain. NeuroImage, 27(4), 778-788. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.05.017
Tesche, C.D. (2004) Using MEG to Explore Issues in Psychology. Chapter 7, Fundamental physics technologies for exploration and astronaut health. Proceedings of the 2004 NASA/JPL Workshop on Physics for Planetary Exploration. 4-17.
Tesche, C. (2004). SQUIDs from Physics to Brain Research. J Low Temp Phys 135(4-5),773-791.
Pearson-Bish, J., Martin, T., Houck, J., Ilmoniemi, R.J., & Tesche, C. (2004). Phase shift detection in thalamocortical oscillations using magnetoencephalography in humans. Neuroscience Letters 362, 48-52
Jensen, O., & Tesche, C.D. (2002). Frontal theta activity in humans increases with memory load in a working memory task. European Journal of Neuroscience, 15, 1395-1399.
Tesche, C.D. (2000). Evidence for Somatosensory Evoked Responses in Human Temporal Lobe. NeuroReport, 11, 2655-2658.
Tesche, C.D. (2000). Schrödinger's Cat Is Out of the Hat. Science, 290, 720-721.
Tesche, C.D., & Karhu, J. (2000). Theta Oscillations Index Human Hippocampal Activation During a Working Memory Task. PNAS, 97(2), 919-924.
Tesche, C.D., & Karhu, J. (2000). Anticipatory Cerebellar Responses During Somatosensory Omission in Man. Human Brain Mapping, 9, 119-142.
Karhu, J., & Tesche, C.D. (1999). Simultaneous Early Processing of Sensory Input in Human Primary (SI) and Secondary (SII) Somatosensory Cortecies. J Neurophysiol., 81, 2017-2025.
Tesche, C.D., & Karhu, J. (1999). Interactive Processing of Sensory Input and Motor Output in Human Hippocampus. J. Cogn. Neurosci., 11(4), 424-436.
Swithenby, S.J., Bailey, A.J., Bräutigam, S., Josephs, O.E., Jousmäki, V., & Tesche, C.D. (1998). Neural Processing of Human Faces: a Magnetoencephalographic Study. Exp. Brain Res., 118, 501-510.
Tesche, C.D. (1997). Non-invasive Detection of Ongoing Neuronal Population Activity in Normal Human Hippocampus. Brain Research, 749, 53-60.
Tesche, C.D. (1997). Detecting Activity from Deep Brain Areas with MEG Arrays. Biomedizinische Technik, 42, 60-63.
Tesche, C.D. (1996). Non-invasive Imaging of Neuronal Population Dynamics in Human Thalamus. Brain Research, 729, 253-258.
Tesche, C.D., & Karhu, J. (1997). Somatosensory Evoked Magnetic Fields arising from Sources in the Human Cerebellum. Brain Research, 744, 23-31.
Tesche, C.D., Tissari, S.O., & Karhu, J. (1996). Non-invasive Detection of Neuronal Population Activity in Human Hippocampus. Cognitive Brain Research, 4, 39-47.
Tesche, C.D., Uusitalo, M.A., Ilmoniemi, R.J., & Kajola, M.J. (1995). Characterizing the Local Oscillatory Content of Spontaneous Cortical Activity During Mental Imagery. Cognitive Brain Research, 2, 243-249.
Tesche, C.D., Uusitalo, M.A., Ilmoniemi, R.J., Huotilainen, M., Kajola, M., & Salonen, O. (1995). Signal-space Projections of MEG Data Characterize both Distributed and Well-localized Neuronal Sources. Electroenceph. clin. Neurophysiol., 95, 189-200.
Ahonen, A.I., Hämäläinen, M.S., Knuutila, J.E.T., Kajola, M.J., Laine, P.P., Lounasmaa, O.V., Parkkonen, L.T., Simola, J.T., & Tesche, C.D. (1993). 122-channel SQUID Instrument for Investigating the Magnetic Signals from the Human Brain. Physica Scripta, T49, 198-205.
Tesche, C.D., & Hari, R. (1993). Independence of Steady-state 40-Hz Response and Spontaneous 10-Hz Activity in the Human Auditory Cortex. Brain Research, 629, 19-22.
Tesche, C.D., & Kajola, M. (1993). Spontaneous Neuromagnetic Activity in the Frequency and Time Domains. Electroencephalogr. clin. Neurophysiol., 87, 408-416.
Ahonen, A.I., Hämäläinen, M.S., Kajola, M.J., Knuutila, J.E.T., Lounasmaa, O.V., Simola, J.T., Tesche, C.D., & Vilkman, V.A. (1991). Multichannel SQUID systems for brain research. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 27, 2786-2792.
Tesche, C.D. (1990). Can a noninvasive measurement of magnetic-flux be performed with superconducting circuits. Physical Review Letters, 64, 2358-2361.
Tesche, C.D., & Clarke, J. (1979). DC SQUID: Current noise. Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 37, 397-403.