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ArticleNeurophotonics2025

NINFA: Non-commercial interface for neuro-feedback acquisitions.

Costanza Iester, Clint Banzhaf, Ahmed Eldably, Betti Schopp, Andreas J Fallgatter, Laura Bonzano, Marco Bove, Ann-Christine Ehlis, Beatrix Barth

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Article in Neurophotonics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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9 authors.

Costanza IesterUniversity of Genoa, Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Genoa, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4584-5149
Clint BanzhafIndependent Researcher, Tübingen, Germany.
Ahmed EldablyUniversity Hospital, Tübingen Center for Mental Health, Tübingen Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0505-2658
Betti SchoppUniversity Hospital, Tübingen Center for Mental Health, Tübingen Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6641-5629
Andreas J FallgatterUniversity Hospital, Tübingen Center for Mental Health, Tübingen Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Tübingen, Germany.
Laura BonzanoUniversity of Genoa, Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Genoa, Italy.
Marco BoveIRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy.
Ann-Christine EhlisUniversity Hospital, Tübingen Center for Mental Health, Tübingen Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8142-9743
Beatrix BarthUniversity Hospital, Tübingen Center for Mental Health, Tübingen Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3792-3357

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Significance: In recent years, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) has gained increasing attention in the field of neurofeedback. However, there is a lack of freely accessible tools for research in this area that reflect the state of the art in research and technology. Aim: To address this need, we introduce Non-commercial Interface for Neuro-Feedback Acquisitions (NINFA), a user-friendly and flexible freely available neurofeedback application for real-time fNIRS, which is also open to other modalities such as electroencephalography (EEG). Approach: NINFA was developed in MATLAB and the lab streaming layer connection offers maximum flexibility in terms of combination with different fNIRS or EEG acquisition software and hardware. Results: The user-friendly interface allows measurements without requiring programming expertise. New neurofeedback protocols can be easily created, saved, and retrieved. We provide an example code for real-time data preprocessing and visual feedback; however, users can customize or expand it with appropriate programming skills. Conclusions: NINFA enables real-time recording, analysis, and feedback of brain signals. We were able to demonstrate the stability and reliability of the computational performance of preprocessing and analysis methods in the current version. NINFA is intended as an application that can, should, and may evolve with the help of contributions from the community.

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functional near-infrared spectroscopyneurofeedbackreal-time application

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PMID40370478
PMCPMC12077575

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