Continuous monitoring of brain dynamics with functional near infrared spectroscopy as a tool for neuroergonomic research: Empirical examples and a technological development

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Ayaz, Hasan ^a   Onaral, Banu ^a   Izzetoglu, Kurtulus ^a   Shewokis, Patricia A ^a   Mckendrick, Ryan ^b   Parasuraman, Raja ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fNIRS; Hemodynamic response; Optical brain monitoring; Prefrontal cortex; Wireless NIRS; Working memory training

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ERGONOMICS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FUNCTIONAL NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGING PHANTOM; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOBILE BRAIN IMAGING; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROERGONOMIC; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMONITORING; OPERATOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MODEL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SKILL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VERBAL MEMORY; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; WORKING MEMORY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84890851062     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00871     Document Type: Article

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