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Early cochlear implantation can rapidly engage the auditory brain! 👂🧠
Diniz et al. (2025) used HD-fNIRS to show similar cortical activation between implanted children and hearing peers on the day of activation, alongside later gains in language and auditory perception.
doi.org/10.1590/2317...
Using fNIRS, Wang et al. (2025) identified distinct prefrontal markers of emotion recognition and regulation deficits in children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), each predicting different symptom dimensions, despite similar task performance.
Read on here 📖 doi.org/10.1093/scan...
⏰ Tomorrow!
📅 Feb 25 / 05:00pm CET time
fNIRS data quality metrics & best practices
👉 Register now: buff.ly/tz0NKqg
In this new hyperscanning fNIRS paper, Shen et al. (2025) compared imitation and co-presence learning during word rule acquisition, revealing distinct inter-brain synchronisation patterns and directed neural information flow.
Read more about the research here! 📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
🔔 1 week to go!
📅 Feb 25 / 05:00pm CET time
In the Right Light: Evaluating fNIRS Data Quality – Part I
fNIRS quality metrics, preprocessing & best practices
👉 Register: buff.ly/tz0NKqg
#fNIRS #Neuroimaging
Does HD-tDCS always modulate the brain as expected? 🤔⚡🧠
Timokhov et al. (2025) combined SimNIBS-guided HD-tDCS with #fNIRS to study frontopolar control of exploration–exploitation.
Read the full results here 📖 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🔧 fNIRS data quality in practice
Learn how common quality metrics are implemented in Satori and how to report them clearly in scientific publications.
🗓 Feb 25 / 05:00pm CET time - buff.ly/tz0NKqg
🗓 Mar 19 / 05:00pm CET time - buff.ly/gsZQQak
New paper! Hale et al. (2025) combined fNIRS hyperscanning and respiratory sinus arrhythmia to show that mother-child dlPFC synchrony strengthens the link between maternal positive affect and lower child emotion dysregulation. 💕🤱
Read full paper here 📖 doi.org/10.1007/s108...
Problematic media use may alter *how* the preschool brain works, even when behaviour looks the same. 🧠📱
Ding et al. (2025) used fNIRS during a working-memory task and found gender-specific prefrontal activation differences linked to media use.
📖 doi.org/10.3390/brai...
Can geometry improve fNIRS decoding? 📐
Näher et al. (2025) introduce a Riemannian-geometry-based #fNIRS classification framework, showing improved multi-class and binary brain-state decoding compared with traditional methods.
Read more here! 📖 doi.org/10.1117/1.NP...
How do you decide whether fNIRS data are “good enough”?
🔦 In the Right Light: Evaluating fNIRS Data Quality -> 2-part webinar
👉 Feb 25 / 05:00pm CET time - buff.ly/tz0NKqg
👉 Mar 19 / 05:00pm CET time - buff.ly/gsZQQak
Metrics, real datasets, and best practices - plus open discussion.
We’re excited to welcome Matthew Stork as CEO and Maarten Jaspers as Finance Director of our neuroimaging group (@artinis.bsky.social & NIRx Medical Technologies).
Read more: bit.ly/3NZErkT
Detecting awareness when behaviour is absent remains a clinical challenge. 🩺💡
Bastian et al. (2025) test an individualised #fNIRS paradigm using motor-speech imagery to distinguish responsive vs unresponsive states, with potential relevance for disorders of consciousness.
doi.org/10.1117/1.NP...
🚀 fNIRS Hyperscanning Workshop | Aug 3–4 @ USC LA
Hands-on, expert-led, practical insights.
💰 Early bird $150 – ends May 31!
🔗 bit.ly/3ZwGWOh
ADHD and OCD may share symptoms, but differ in executive control. 🎮
Rodríguez-Herrera et al. (2025) compare adults with ADHD, OCD, and controls using a Virtual Reality executive-function task and resting-state #fNIRS connectivity of the frontoparietal network.
📖 doi.org/10.1007/s100...
Hidden psychological states shape how people experience work. 🧑💼📊
In this new study, Goldstein et al. (2025) used #fNIRS in real-world settings to study hidden, persistent psychological states shaping how people experience their careers.
Check the research here: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
🔦 In the Right Light: Evaluating fNIRS Data Quality
A 2-part webinar on fNIRS data quality metrics, preprocessing, and best practices.
🗓 Part I: Feb 25 - buff.ly/tz0NKqg
🗓 Part II: Mar 19 - buff.ly/gsZQQak
With Dr. Armin Heinecke & Giovanni Herring (NIRx).
Discussion & questions welcome!
🧠 Last chance to join our live webinar on HRfunc for fNIRS with Denny Schaedig from WashU School of Medicine!
🔍 Learn to estimate neural activity and HRFs, watch a live demo, and enhance your fNIRS analyses.
👉 Register now: buff.ly/680Y286
#fNIRS #Neuroimaging #Webinar
Medication or movement, or both? 🚴📚
Hoy et al. (2025) studied children with #ADHD performing a #Stroop task while seated or desk-cycling, using #fNIRS to examine how physical activity and medication status shapes prefrontal engagement.
Results here 👀 doi.org/10.3390/brai...
Decision-making in aviation is shaped by emotion and uncertainty. ✈️🌩️
Wang et al. (2025) studied how emotions influence novice pilots’ approach decisions under uncertain, climate-related conditions, combining behavioural measures with fNIRS to research prefrontal engagement.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cr...
Can #VR be used for more naturalistic #ADHD assessments? 🖥️📧
Pakos et al. (2025) studied adults with ADHD performing a virtual task while combining #fNIRS with #EyeTracking and head-movement measures to investigate attention in realistic settings.
📖 doi.org/10.1186/s442...
🧠📊 Learn HRfunc for fNIRS signal modeling
Talk by Denny Schaedig (WashU) + live demo
👉 Register now: buff.ly/680Y286
Linking early social behaviours to infant brain networks? 👶🙂
Allison et al. (2025) used #fNIRS to study #DefaultModeNetwork connectivity in 5-month-old infants and its relation to everyday social smiling and laughter.
Read more here 📖 doi.org/10.1002/dev....
How is balance controlled after acquired brain injury? ⚖️🚶♂️
Hernandez-Sarabia et al. (2025) use #fNIRS and force-plate measures to study task-dependent cortical activity during static balance tasks in adults with chronic ABI.
📖 doi.org/10.3390/brai...
Can #fNIRS support automated screening for #bruxism-like jaw activity? 😬🌙
Fatima et al. (2025) use fNIRS during simulated clenching/mastication and apply machine-learning classification to distinguish bruxism-like patterns from other jaw movements.
📖 doi.org/10.1111/cns....
🔉👶Newborns show early sensitivity to prosodic contours.
Marino et al. (2025) used fNIRS to test Italian-exposed newborns with French stimuli (standard vs time-reversed prosody), suggesting prosody detection is present at birth but modulated by prenatal language experience.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...
Lee et al. (2025) examined knee osteoarthritis during single- vs dual-task walking (walking while doing mental subtraction), using fNIRS to track prefrontal activity alongside gait and task performance. 🚶⚖️
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
🚀 Join our webinar on modeling brain signals with HRfunc for fNIRS, presented by Denny Schaedig.
🔍 Discover how HRfunc enhances fNIRS data analysis by estimating neural activity and hemodynamic response functions.
👉 Reserve your spot: buff.ly/680Y286
#fNIRS #Neuroimaging #BrainImaging #HRfunc
Dual-task standing changes control strategies with age. ⚖️🦵
Pan & Zhang (2025) found older adults showed higher ankle co-activation and greater prefrontal-motor recruitment than young adults, with different brainmuscle coupling patterns via #fNIRS.
doi.org/10.1007/s105...
🎲🧸 Hashmi et al. (2025) found that 4–8-year-olds used more pretend play and internal-state language during joint play vs solo play.
These behaviours related to social abilities, and #fNIRS activity was linked to internal-state language.
📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.co...