Publications
Below is a comprehensive chronological list of my co-authored peer-reviewed research publications:
Peters, B., Klee, D., Kinsella, M., Hendin, Y., Lawhead, M., Memmott, T., Oken, B., & Fried-Oken, M. (Under Review). BCI-FIT: A customization protocol for communication brain-computer interface systems.
Klee, D., Memmott, T., & Oken, B.S. (2026). Measures of fatigue and performance are related to user interface and task in a communication BCI. Journal of Neural Engineering, 23, 026040. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/ae60d2
Wexler, R.S., Klee, D., Kaplan, J., & Oken, B. (2026). The impact of meditation on instantaneous respiration rate and amplitude: A secondary data analysis. Mindfulness, 17, 438-447. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-026-02757-2
Memmott, T., Klee, D., Smedemark-Margulies, N., & Oken, B. (2025). Artifact filtering application to increase online parity in a communication BCI: progress toward use in daily-life. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 19, 1551214. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1551214
Peters, B., Celik, B., Gaines, D., Galvin-McLaughlin, D., Imbiriba, T., Kinsella, M., Klee, D., Lawhead, M., Memmott, T., Smedemark-Margulies, N., Wiedrick, J., Erdogmus, D., Oken, B., Vertanen, K., & Fried-Oken, M. (2025). RSVP Keyboard with Inquiry Preview: mixed performance and user experience with an adaptive, multimodal typing interface combining EEG and switch input. Journal of Neural Engineering, 22(1), 016022. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/ada8e0
Oken, B.S., Kaplan, J., Klee, D., & Gallegos, A.M. (2024). Contributions of loneliness to cognitive impairment and dementia in older adults are independent of other risk factors and Alzheimer’s pathology: A narrative review. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 18, 1380002. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2024.1380002
Klee, D., Memmott, T., & Oken, B.S. (2024). The effect of jittered stimulus onset interval on electrophysiological markers of attention in a brain-computer interface rapid serial visual presentation paradigm. Signals, 5(1), 18-39. https://doi.org/10.3390/signals5010002
Kaplan, J., Colgan, D.D., Klee, D., Hanes, D., & Oken. B.S. (2023). Patterns of respiration rate reactivity in response to a cognitive stressor associate with self-reported mental health outcomes. Psychological Reports, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941231171887
Galvin-McLaughlin, D., Klee, D., Memmott, T., Peters, B., Wiedrick, J., Fried-Oken, M., & Oken, B. (2022). Methodology and preliminary data on feasibility of a neurofeedback protocol to improve visual attention to letters in mild Alzheimer’s disease. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 28, 100950. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2022.100950
Klee, D., Memmott, T., Smedemark-Margulies, N., Celik, B., Erdogmus, D., & Oken, B.S. (2022). Target-related alpha attenuation in a brain-computer interface rapid serial visual presentation calibration. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 16, 882557. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.882557
Kaplan, J., Klee, D., & Oken, B. (2022). Respiration rate during a stress task moderates neuroticism and perceived stress in older adults. Current Issues in Personality Psychology. https://doi.org/10.5114/cipp.2022.114143
Memmott, T., Koçanaoğulları, A., Lawhead, M., Klee, D., Dudy, S., Fried-Oken, M., & Oken, B. (2021). BciPy: Brain-computer interface software in Python. Brain-Computer Interfaces. https://doi.org/10.1080/2326263X.2021.1878727
Klee, D., Colgan, D.D., Hanes, D., & Oken, B. (2020). The effects of an internet-based mindfulness meditation intervention on electrophysiological markers of attention. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 158, 103-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2020.10.002
Colgan, D.D., Memmott, T., Klee, D., Ernst, L., Han, S.J., & Oken, B.S. (2019). A single case design to examine short-term intracranial EEG patterns during focused meditation. Neuroscience Letters, 711, 134441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2019.134441
Colgan, D.D., Klee, D., Memmott, T., Proulx, J., & Oken, B.S. (2019). Perceived stress mediates the relationship between mindfulness and negative affect variability: A randomized controlled trial among middle-aged to older adults. Stress and Health, 35(1), 89-97. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.2845
Memmott, T., Klee, D., Oken, B.S. (2018). Negative affect influences electrophysiological markers of visual working memory in mildly stressed older adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 10, 148. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2018.00148
Oken, B.S., Goodrich, E., Klee, D., Memmott, T., Proulx, J. (2018). Predictors of improvements in mental health from mindfulness meditation in stressed older adults. Alternative Therapies, 24(1), 48-55.
Atchley, R., Klee, D., Oken, B.S. (2017). EEG frequency changes prior to making errors in an easy Stroop task. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11(521), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00521
Atchley, R., Klee, D., Oken, B.S. (2017). Set shifting reaction-time improves following meditation or simple breath counting in meditators and meditation-naïve participants: data from naturalistic, ecological momentary-assessment devices. Mindfulness & Compassion, 2(2), 82-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mincom.2017.06.001
Proulx, J., Klee, D., Oken, B.S. (2017). Do psychosocial predictors affect the following days’ cortisol awakening response? Expanding the temporal frame with which to explore morning cortisol. Stress, 20(4), 398-403. https://doi.org/10.1080/10253890.2017.1346076
Atchley, R., Ellingson, R., Klee, D., Memmott, T., Oken, B.S. (2017). A cognitive stressor for event-related potential studies: the Portland arithmetic stress task. Stress, 20(3), 277-284. https://doi.org/10.1080/10253890.2017.1335300
Oken, B.S., Wahbeh, H., Goodrich, E., Klee, D., Memmott, T., Fu, R. (2017). Meditation in stressed older adults: Improvements in self-rated mental health not paralleled by improvements in cognitive function or physiological measures. Mindfulness, 8(3), 627-638. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-016-0640-7
Atchley, R., Klee, D., Memmott, T., Goodrich, E., Wahbeh, H., Oken, B.S. (2016). Event-related potential correlates of mindfulness meditation competence. Neuroscience, 320, 83-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.01.051
Ester, E.F., Klee, D., Awh, E. (2014). Visual crowding cannot be wholly explained by feature pooling. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 40(3), 1022-1033. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/a0035377
Ester, E.F., Drew, T., Klee, D., Vogel, E., Awh, E. (2012). Neural measures reveal a fixed item limit in subitizing. Journal of Neuroscience, 32(21), 7169-7177. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1218-12.2012