Claudia D. Tesche

Professor

Transcranial Stimulation Laboratory

Photo: Claudia Tesche
Email: 
ctesche@unm.edu
Office: 
Logan Hall Rm 136
Education: 
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Curriculum vitae
 

Research Area/s:

Cognition, Brain and Behavior

Research Interests:

  • Magnetoencephalographic (MEG) imaging of brain dynamics
  • Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS)
  • Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS)
  • Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
  • FASD
  • ASD

Profile:

Accepting students?  Dr. Tesche is not accepting students for Fall 2025.

I received a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley, followed by ten years as a research scientist at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Laboratory in Yorktown Heights, NY.  My research interests included the optimization of Superconducting Quantum Intereference Device (SQUID) magnetic sensors with applications in the foundations of quantum mechanics and the imaging of neuronal activity in the brain.  I initiated a joint project between IBM and the Helsinki University of Technology to develop multichannel DC SQUID-based magnetoencephalographic (MEG) arrays. I spent eight years in Finland utilizing the first whole-scalp MEG arrays to characterize human brain dynamics, with a particular interest in frequency-domain analysis of oscillatory activity and the detection of MEG signals from deep brain structures. I joined the Department of Psychology at the University of New Mexico as Professor in 2000. I am presently serving as the Director of the Transcranial Stimulation Laboratory.  My present research interests include MEG characterization of network dynamics in adolescents with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), the use of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to enhance social skills in adults and older adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and the utilization of MEG to characterize the effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) on brain dynamics.

Selected Publications

  • Rodriguez, C.I., Vergara, V.M., Calhoun, V.D., Savage, D.D., Hamilton, D.A., Tesche, C.D., Stephen, J.M. (2021). Disruptions in global network segregation and integration in adolescents and young adults with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 45(9):1775-1789.
  • Esse Wilson, J., Trombo, M., Tesche, C.D. (2021). Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Improved Empathy and Recognition of Facial Emotions Conveying Threat in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). NeuroRegulation 8(2):87–95 .
  • Tesche, C.D., Houck, J. (2020). Discordant Alpha-band Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS) Affects Cortico-cortical and Cortico-cerebellar Connectivity. Brain Connectivity 10(4):170–182 (2020).
  • Esse Wilson, J., Trombo, M., Wilson, J.K., Tesche, C.D. (2018). Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over right temporoparietal junction (rTPJ) for social cognition and social skills in adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Journal of Neural Transmission 125(12):1857–1866
  • Wilson, J.E., Quinn, D.K., Wilson, J.K., Garcia, C.M., Tesche ,C.D. (2018) Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to the Right Temporoparietal Junction for Social Functioning in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Case Report.J ECT 34(1),e10–e13.
  • Tesche, C.D., Kodituwakku, P.W., Garcia, C.M., Houck, J.M. (2014) Sex-related differences in auditory processing in adolescents with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: A magnetoencephalographic study. Neuroimage Clinical 7:571-587.
  • Houck, J.M., Moyers, T.B, Tesche, C.D. (2012) Through a glass darkly: some insights on change talk via magnetoencephalography. Psychol Addict Behav 27(2): 489-500.
  • Manto, M., Bower, J.M., Conforto, A.B., Delgado-García, J.M., Farias da Guarda, S.N., Gerwig, M.,  Habas, C., Hagura, N., Ivry, R.B., Mariën, P., Molinari, M., Naito, E., Nowak, D.A., Ben Taib, N.O., Pelisson, D., Tesche, C.D., Tilikete, C., Timmann, D. (2012). Consensus paper: roles of the cerebellum in motor control-the diversity of ideas on cerebellar involvement in movement.Cerebellum, 11(2): 457–87.

Courses Taught

  • Psych 450/650 Advanced Functional Neuroimaging

  • Psych 450/650 Transcranial Stimulation Laboratory

  • Psych 450/650 EEG Laboratory

  • Psych 450/650 Functional Neuroimaging

  • Psych 641 Seminar in Cognition, Brain and Behavior

Lab

Brigitte Stevens

For prospective grad students:

If you are interested in pursuing graduate studies with Dr. Tesche please contact her by email.