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Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy: Enabling Routine Functional Brain Imaging.
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Identifying Cerebral Hemodynamic Patterns in Mood Disorders and Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) Study
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121 citing papers in PubMed, 211 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Listening to a Consonant Chord Progression during Live Face-to-Face Gaze Enhances Neural Activity in Social Systems.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026Article
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- The 'hand-brain-emotion' axis: a theoretical model for handicraft art-based intervention in anxiety disorders through neuroplasticity and autonomic regulation.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Feasibility of fNIRS for assessing n-back task-related prefrontal cortex oxygenation after continuous cycling at varying intensities: an evaluation of protocol feasibility.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Article
- Neural correlates of map representation and spatial orientation in orienteering experts: an fNIRS study.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Article
- Beyond discrete social decisions: toward continuous dyadic neural dynamics in cooperation and competition.Frontiers in systems neuroscience · 2026Article
- Quantifying the impact of hair and skin characteristics on fNIRS signal quality for enhanced inclusivity.Nature human behaviour · 2025Article
- Imaging the brain by traversing the skull with light and sound.Nature biomedical engineering · 2025Review
- Navigating the Complexity of Bilingual Aphasia: Current Insights and Future Directions.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- Functional near-infrared spectroscopy short-channel regression improves cortical activation estimates of working memory load.Neurophotonics · 2025Article
- Predicting whole-brain neural dynamics from prefrontal cortex functional near-infrared spectroscopy signal during movie-watching.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2025Article
- Simultaneous Eye Tracking and Cerebral Hemodynamic Monitoring in Infants: A Guide for Pediatric Outpatient Follow-Up.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- The fNIRS glossary project: a consensus-based resource for functional near-infrared spectroscopy terminology.Neurophotonics · 2025Article
- NIRSTORM: a Brainstorm extension dedicated to functional near-infrared spectroscopy data analysis, advanced 3D reconstructions, and optimal probe design.Neurophotonics · 2025Article
- Method for Using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) to Explore Music-Induced Brain Activation in Orchestral Musicians in Concert.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Neural Mechanism of Cognitive Reserve in Acupuncture Stimulation: Protocol for a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- NIRS-BIDS: Brain Imaging Data Structure Extended to Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.Scientific data · 2025Article
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Abstract
Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) maps human brain function by measuring and imaging local changes in hemoglobin concentrations in the brain that arise from the modulation of cerebral blood flow and oxygen metabolism by neural activity. Since its advent over 20 years ago, researchers have exploited and continuously advanced the ability of near infrared light to penetrate through the scalp and skull in order to non-invasively monitor changes in cerebral hemoglobin concentrations that reflect brain activity. We review recent advances in signal processing and hardware that significantly improve the capabilities of fNIRS by reducing the impact of confounding signals to improve statistical robustness of the brain signals and by enhancing the density, spatial coverage, and wearability of measuring devices respectively. We then summarize the application areas that are experiencing rapid growth as fNIRS begins to enable routine functional brain imaging.
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