Frontal brain activation during a working memory task: A time-domain fNIRS study

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7161, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Molteni, E ^a   Baselli, G ^a   Bianchi, A M ^a   Caffmi, M ^a   Contint, D ^a   Spinelli, L ^a   Torricelli, A ^a   Cerutti, S ^a   Cubeddu, R ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Near infrared spectroscopy; Optical imaging; Sustained attention; Time resolved imaging; Working memory

Indexed keywords

BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN ACTIVATION; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; MENTAL EFFORT; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; METABOLIC PROCESS; OPTICAL IMAGING; SHORT TERM; SUSTAINED ATTENTION; TASK DIFFICULTY; TIME DOMAIN; TIME-RESOLVED; TIME-RESOLVED IMAGING; WORKING MEMORIES; WORKING MEMORY;

INFRARED DEVICES; LIGANDS; METABOLISM; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE; OXYGENATION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 66249117324     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.808972     Document Type: Conference Paper

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