Illuminating the developing brain: the past, present and future of functional near infrared spectroscopy

S Lloyd-Fox, A Blasi, CE Elwell - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
A decade has passed since near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) was first applied to functional
brain imaging in infants. As part of the team that published the first functional near infrared …

[HTML][HTML] Near-infrared spectroscopy: a report from the McDonnell infant methodology consortium

J Gervain, J Mehler, JF Werker, CA Nelson… - Developmental cognitive …, 2011 - Elsevier
Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a new and increasingly widespread brain imaging
technique, particularly suitable for young infants. The laboratories of the McDonnell …

Auditory cortex activation to natural speech and simulated cochlear implant speech measured with functional near-infrared spectroscopy

L Pollonini, C Olds, H Abaya, H Bortfeld… - Hearing research, 2014 - Elsevier
The primary goal of most cochlear implant procedures is to improve a patient's ability to
discriminate speech. To accomplish this, cochlear implants are programmed so as to …

Sensitivity of near-infrared spectroscopy and diffuse correlation spectroscopy to brain hemodynamics: simulations and experimental findings during hypercapnia

J Selb, DA Boas, ST Chan, KC Evans… - …, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS) are two
diffuse optical technologies for brain imaging that are sensitive to changes in hemoglobin …

Optical brain imaging reveals general auditory and language-specific processing in early infant development

Y Minagawa-Kawai, H Van Der Lely, F Ramus… - Cerebral …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
This study uses near-infrared spectroscopy in young infants in order to elucidate the nature
of functional cerebral processing for speech. Previous imaging studies of infants' speech …

Near-infrared spectroscopy shows right parietal specialization for number in pre-verbal infants

DC Hyde, DA Boas, C Blair, S Carey - Neuroimage, 2010 - Elsevier
Bilateral regions of the intraparietal sulcus (IPS) appear to be functionally selective for both
rudimentary non-symbolic number tasks and higher-level symbolic number tasks in adults …

Hemodynamic correlates of cognition in human infants

RN Aslin, M Shukla, LL Emberson - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Over the past 20 years, the field of cognitive neuroscience has relied heavily on
hemodynamic measures of blood oxygenation in local regions of the brain to make …

Neuroimaging with near-infrared spectroscopy demonstrates speech-evoked activity in the auditory cortex of deaf children following cochlear implantation

ABG Sevy, H Bortfeld, TJ Huppert, MS Beauchamp… - Hearing Research, 2010 - Elsevier
Cochlear implants (CI) are commonly used to treat deafness in young children. While many
factors influence the ability of a deaf child who is hearing through a CI to develop speech …

Role of prefrontal cortex in learning and generalizing hierarchical rules in 8-month-old infants

DM Werchan, AGE Collins, MJ Frank… - Journal of …, 2016 - Soc Neuroscience
Recent research indicates that adults and infants spontaneously create and generalize
hierarchical rule sets during incidental learning. Computational models and empirical data …

[HTML][HTML] The developmental trajectory of brain-scalp distance from birth through childhood: implications for functional neuroimaging

MS Beauchamp, MR Beurlot, E Fava, AR Nath… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Measurements of human brain function in children are of increasing interest in cognitive
neuroscience. Many techniques for brain mapping used in children, including functional …