David Jenson, PhD

• University of Tennessee, Speech and Hearing Science, PhD
• University of Tennessee, Speech Language Pathology, MS
• Davidson College, Psychology, BA

Courses Taught

• SHS 377 – Anatomy and Physiology of Speech Production
• SHS 479 – Neuroanatomy
• SHS 556 – Problems in Stuttering

• Jenson, D. and Saltuklaroglu, T. (2022).  Dynamic auditory contributions to error detection revealed in the discrimination of Same and Different syllable pairs.  Neuropsychologia, (30), 1-12, doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2022.108388
• Jenson, D. (2021).  Audiovisual incongruence differentially impacts left and right hemisphere sensorimotor oscillations: Potential applications to production.  PLOS One, 16(10), 1-28, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258335
• Jenson, D. and Saltuklaroglu, T. (2021).  Sensorimotor contributions to working memory differ between the discrimination of Same and Different syllable pairs.  Neuropsychologia, 159, 107947.  doi:10:1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.107947
• Oliveira, D., Saltuklaroglu, T., Thornton, D., Jenson, D., Harkrider, A.W., Rafferty, M.B., and Casenhiser, D. (2021).  Mu rhythm dynamics suggest automatic activation of motor and premotor brain regions during speech processing.  Journal of Neurolinguistics. 60, 1-12. doi:10.1016/j.neuroling.2021.101006
• Jenson, D., Bowers, A.L., Hudock, D., and Saltuklaroglu, T., (2020).  The Application of EEG Mu Rhythm Measures to Neurophysiological Research in Stuttering.  Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 13 (458), 1-21. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2019.00458
• Jenson, D., Thornton, D., Harkrider, A.W., and Saltuklaroglu, T., (2019).  Influences of Cognitive Load on Sensorimotor Contributions to Working Memory:  An EEG investigation of mu rhythm activity during speech discrimination.  Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 166, 1-12. doi:10.1016/j.nlm.2019.107098
• Bowers, A., Saltuklaroglu, T., Jenson, D., Harkrider, A., and Thornton, D. (2019). Power and phase coherence in sensorimotor mu and temporal lobe alpha components during covert and overt syllable production. Experimental Brain Research 237 (3), 705-721. doi:10.1007/s00221-018-5447-4
• Thornton, D., Harkrider, A.W., Jenson, D., and Saltuklaroglu, T. (2019) Sex differences in early sensorimotor processing for speech discrimination.  Scientific Reports 9 (1), 392, 1-13. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-36775-5
• Saltuklaroglu, T., Harkrider, A. W., Casenhiser, D., Reilly, K. J., Jenson, D., Thornton, D. (2018).  EEG mu rhythms: Rich sources of sensorimotor information in speech processing.  Brain and Language, 187, 41-61. doi:10.1016/j.bandl.2018.09.005
• Jenson, D., Reilly, K. J., Harkrider, A. W., Thornton, D., Saltuklaroglu, T. (2018). Trait Related Internal Modeling Deficits in People Who Stutter: An EEG investigation of mu rhythm dynamics during spontaneous fluency. NeuroImage: Clinical.
• Kittilstvedt, T., Reilly, K. J., Jenson, D., Thornton, D., Saltuklaroglu, T. (2018). The Effects of Fluency Enhancing Conditions on Sensorimotor Control in Typically Fluent Speakers. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience,
• Saltuklaroglu, T., Harkrider, A. W., Thornton, D., Jenson, D., Kittilstvedt, T. (2017). EEG Mu (µ) Rhythm Spectra and Oscillatory Activity Differentiate Stuttering from Non-Stuttering Adults. NeuroImage 153, 232-245.
• Thornton, D., Harkrider, A. W., Jenson, D., Saltuklaroglu, T. (2017). Sensorimotor activity measured via oscillations of EEG mu rhythms in speech and non-speech discrimination tasks with and without segmentation demands. Brain and Language.
• Cuellar, M., Harkrider, A.W., Jenson, D., Thornton, D., Bowers, A., Saltuklaroglu, T. (2016). Time-frequency analysis of the EEG mu rhythm as a measure of sensorimotor integration in the latter stages of swallowing. Clinical Neurophysiology 127, 2625-2635.
• Jenson, D., Harkrider, A. W., Thornton, D., Bowers, A. L., & Saltuklaroglu, T. (2015). Auditory cortical deactivation during speech production and following speech perception: an EEG investigation of the temporal dynamics of the auditory alpha rhythm. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9, 534.
• Jenson, D., Bowers, A. L., Harkrider, A. W., Thornton, D., Cuellar, M., & Saltuklaroglu, T. (2014). Temporal dynamics of sensorimotor integration in speech perception and production: independent component analysis of EEG data. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 656.

Interests

• Neurophysiology of stuttering
• Neural markers of stuttering
• Neural biomarkers of persistence/recovery
• Sensorimotor processes supporting speech perception and production