A brief review on the use of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) for language imaging studies in human newborns and adults

Brain and Language

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 79-89

  Quaresima, Valentina ^a   Bisconti, Silvia ^a   Ferrari, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Broca's area; Cerebral cortex activation; Functional brain activity; Functional topography; Language; Near infrared imaging; Near infrared spectroscopy; Neuroimaging; Speech

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN LANGUAGE AREA; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; DETECTOR; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE IMAGING; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEWBORN; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; SCALP; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LANGUAGE; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 84859010287     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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