ReviewAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences2020
The present and future use of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) for cognitive neuroscience.
Review in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 6 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 646 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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The Effects of Combined Thoracic Expansion Exercises and Slow Diaphragmatic Breathing on Cognitive Function, Brain Activation, Psychological Status, and Head-Shoulder Posture in Healthy Adults
Who cites it
646 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Cortical Region Reporting Patterns in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Systematic Review of fNIRS Studies.Biosensors · 2026Pooled it
- Machine learning and deep learning applied to EEG and fNIRS for early autism spectrum disorder diagnosis: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- fNIRS in Emotional Appraisal and the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex: A Systematic Review.Revista de neurologia · 2025Pooled it
- A pilot randomized controlled trial of the effects of dietary nitrate supplementation on dynamic cerebral autoregulation in older adults with metabolic syndrome.Physiological reports · 2026Trial
- Remote cognitive-motor dual-task training and cognition in mild cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Cortical hemodynamic responses during action observation with and without audiovisual stimuli: a randomized controlled experimental trial.Experimental brain research · 2026Trial
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- High-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on the Left Parietal Lobe Improves Post-Stroke Memory Impairment: An fNIRS Study.Brain and behavior · 2026Trial
- Efficacy of Action Observation Therapy on Patients with Dysphagia After Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Dysphagia · 2026Trial
- Effectiveness of the Combined Exercise and Cognitive Training System in Enhancing Frontal Lobe Function in Older Adults: A Randomized Control Study.BioMed research international · 2026Trial
- Combined hyperbaric oxygen and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for vascular cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled trail.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Trial
- The Analgesic Enhancing Effects of Coupling M1 and PMC rTMS on Neuropathic Pain After Spinal Cord Injury: An fNIRS Study.Pain research & management · 2026Trial
- The effects of combining anodal transcranial direct current stimulation with robot-assisted gait training on lower limb motor function and the motor cortex regulation of stroke patients.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Trial
- It Is Time to Feel Better: How Temporal Information of Placebo Analgesia Affects Our Brain.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Trial
- Effects and neural mechanisms of a brain-computer interface-controlled soft robotic glove on upper limb function in patients with subacute stroke: a randomized controlled fNIRS study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Trial
- Linguistics and human brain: a perspective of computational neuroscience.Cognitive neurodynamics · 2026Review
- Functional near-infrared spectroscopy pre-ictal oscillations recorded simultaneously with stereo-EEG.Neuroimage. Reports · 2026Article
- Orthostatic hypotension and acute cognitive dysfunction in Parkinson's disease: insights from functional near-infrared spectroscopy.Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026Article
- The choice stepping reaction task: how prefrontal network topology reconfigures in aging and dementia.GeroScience · 2026Article
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Abstract
The past few decades have seen a rapid increase in the use of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) in cognitive neuroscience. This fast growth is due to the several advances that fNIRS offers over the other neuroimaging modalities such as functional magnetic resonance imaging and electroencephalography/magnetoencephalography. In particular, fNIRS is harmless, tolerant to bodily movements, and highly portable, being suitable for all possible participant populations, from newborns to the elderly and experimental settings, both inside and outside the laboratory. In this review we aim to provide a comprehensive and state-of-the-art review of fNIRS basics, technical developments, and applications. In particular, we discuss some of the open challenges and the potential of fNIRS for cognitive neuroscience research, with a particular focus on neuroimaging in naturalistic environments and social cognitive neuroscience.
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