A consensus guide to using functional near-infrared spectroscopy in posture and gait research

JC Menant, I Maidan, L Alcock, E Al-Yahya, A Cerasa… - Gait & posture, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Background Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is increasingly used in the field
of posture and gait to investigate patterns of cortical brain activation while people move …

Prefrontal cortical activation measured by fNIRS during walking: effects of age, disease and secondary task

PHS Pelicioni, M Tijsma, SR Lord, J Menant - PeerJ, 2019‏ - peerj.com
Background Cognitive processes are required during walking to appropriately respond to
environmental and task demands. There are now many studies that have used functional …

fNIRS Optodes' Location Decider (fOLD): a toolbox for probe arrangement guided by brain regions-of-interest

GA Zimeo Morais, JB Balardin, JR Sato - Scientific reports, 2018‏ - nature.com
The employment of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) as a method of brain
imaging has increased over the last few years due to its portability, low-cost and robustness …

Functional near-infrared spectroscopy reveals the compensatory potential of pre-frontal cortical activity for standing balance in young and older adults

RJ St George, MR Hinder, R Puri, E Walker… - Neuroscience, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Recent evidence suggests increased activity of the pre-frontal cortex (PFC) is associated
with sensorimotor disturbances of standing balance. Here we manipulate sensorimotor …

From the laboratory to the classroom: the potential of functional near-infrared spectroscopy in educational neuroscience

G Brockington, JB Balardin, GA Zimeo Morais… - Frontiers in …, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
Paralleling two decades of growth in the emergent field known as educational neuroscience
is an increasing concern that educational practices and programs should be evidence …

Characterization of concept generation for engineering design through temporal brain network analysis

J Milovanovic, M Hu, T Shealy, J Gero - Design Studies, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•The medial PFC was a consistently activated central brain region during concept
generation.•Similar patterns of co-activation in left and right PFC were observed.•Bilateral co …

[HTML][HTML] Lights on music cognition: A systematic and critical review of fNIRS applications and future perspectives

F Curzel, B Tillmann, L Ferreri - Brain and Cognition, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Research investigating the neural processes related to music perception and production
constitutes a well-established field within the cognitive neurosciences. While most …

People with Parkinson's disease exhibit reduced cognitive and motor cortical activity when undertaking complex step** tasks requiring inhibitory control

PHS Pelicioni, SR Lord, Y Okubo… - … and neural repair, 2020‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Background People with Parkinson's disease (PD) have difficulties generating quick and
accurate steps in anticipation of and/or in response to environmental hazards. However …

Concept generation techniques change patterns of brain activation during engineering design

T Shealy, J Gero, M Hu, J Milovanovic - Design Science, 2020‏ - cambridge.org
This paper presents the results of studying the brain activations of 30 engineering students
when using three different design concept generation techniques: brainstorming …

Hand motor learning in a musical context and prefrontal cortex hemodynamic response: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) study

R Alves Heinze, P Vanzella, GA Zimeo Morais… - Cognitive …, 2019‏ - Springer
Due to movement automatization, the engagement of high-order cognitive processing during
the motor execution of a task is expected to decrease over repetitions and practice. In this …