David Michael Thornton

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Email d.m.thornton@iln.uio.no
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Visiting address Niels Henrik Abels vei 36 Henrik Wergelands hus 0313 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1102 Blindern 0316 Oslo

Tasks performed

  • Creation and implementation of lab routines for:
    • Data management
    • Lab systems
    • Documentation
  • Consulting on research projects
    • Advising on study design
    • Study programming and data analysis 
    • Statistical analysis and support
  • Organization and storage of research data

Background

I earned my Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Science at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Much of my work has focused on using electroencephalography to investigate sex-related differences in cortical processing of language. The underlying goal is to explain the biased presentation of certain syndromes and disorders in biological males and females.

Selected publications

  1. Oliveira D.S., Casenhiser D.M., Saltuklaroglu, T., Thornton D., Jenson, D., Harkrider, A.W., Bunta, F., Hedrick, M., Teixeira, A. (2021) Automatic Activation of Phonological Templates for Native but Not Nonnative Phonemes: An Investigation of the Temporal Dynamics of Mu Activation
  2. Thornton, D., Harkrider, A. W., Jenson, D. E., & Saltuklaroglu, T. (2019). Sex differences in early sensorimotor processing for speech discrimination. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 392. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-36775-5
  3. Saltuklaroglu, T., Bowers, A., Harkrider, A. W., Casenhiser, D., Reilly, K. J., Jenson, D. E., & Thornton, D. (2018). EEG mu rhythms: Rich sources of sensorimotor information in speech processing. Brain and Language, 187, 41–61 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2018.09.005
  4. Jenson D, Reilly KJ, Harkrider AW, Thornton D, Saltuklaroglu T. Trait related sensorimotor deficits in people who stutter: An EEG investigation of μ rhythm dynamics during spontaneous fluency. Neuroimage Clin. 2018 May 21;19:690-702. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2018.05.026. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 29872634; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5986168.
  5. Saltuklaroglu T, Harkrider AW, Thornton D, Jenson D, Kittilstved T. EEG Mu (μ) rhythm spectra and oscillatory activity differentiate stuttering from non-stuttering adults. Neuroimage. 2017 Jun;153:232- 245. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.04.022. Epub 2017 Apr 9. PubMed PMID: 28400266; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5569894.
  6. Thornton D, Harkrider AW, Jenson D, Saltuklaroglu T. Sensorimotor activity measured via oscillations of EEG mu rhythms in speech and non-speech discrimination tasks with and without segmentation demands. Brain Lang. 2017 Apr 18. pii: S0093-934X(16)30127-4. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2017.03.011. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28431691
  7. Jenson D, Harkrider AW, Thornton D, Bowers AL, Saltuklaroglu T. Auditory cortical deactivation during speech production and following speech perception: an EEG investigation of the temporal dynamics of the auditory alpha rhythm. Front Hum Neurosci. 2015 Oct 8;9:534. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00534. eCollection 2015. PubMed PMID: 26500519; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4597480.
  8. Jenson D, Bowers AL, Harkrider AW, Thornton D, Cuellar M, Saltuklaroglu T. Temporal dynamics of sensorimotor integration in speech perception and production: independent component analysis of EEG data. Front Psychol. 2014 Jul 10;5:656. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00656. eCollection 2014. PubMed PMID: 25071633; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4091311.
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