In this interview, Claudia Gonzalez, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Thompson Rivers University, shares how her research uses neuroimaging to study neurocognitive aging. #fNIRS plays a central role in this work. Using the Brite, her lab investigates brain–behavior relationships across diverse populations, while also integrating other techniques such as eye tracking, #fMRI, and neurostimulation.
🔗 Read the full interview here https://zurl.co/Xtmon
In a recent study, Lin et al. examined how gymnastics tasks with high versus low cognitive demands affect working memory performance and frontal brain activity in children.
🟡 High and low cognitive load #gymnastics tasks differently affected working memory
🔵 Frontal brain activity reflected changes in #cognitive demand
🟡 The wearable Brite #fNIRS device enabled reliable frontal measurements during active, child-friendly tasks
🔗 Read the full publication here: https://zurl.co/KCQPd
A recent study by Zhao et al. used #fNIRS to measure prefrontal activation in pilots during a simulated flight. By comparing different flight scenarios, the researchers showed that the Brite system could successfully distinguish positive (eustress) from negative (distress) based on brain oxygenation patterns. This ability to monitor mental state in real time highlights the potential of fNIRS for applications in cognitive neuroscience research.
🧠💻 Real patients, real applications: In Part 2, Dr. Bettina Sorger and Dr. Franziska Klein present how BCIs support communication for severely motor-impaired patients and neurofeedback in neurological and psychiatric care.
#fNIRS #BCI in clinical practice. Watch Part 2 of “fNIRS-BCI: Methodology and (clinical) application possibilities” webinar!
▶️ https://youtu.be/AZ6jOm0nhwU
Join us in Elst (NL) on Friday, March 13th, 2026 for our Introduction to #fNIRS course
🟡 Learn the theory and technology behind fNIRS
🔵 Explore real-world research applications
🟡 Perform your own fNIRS experiment with our devices
🔵 Connect with fellow participants and ask your questions
Attendance is free and lunch is included
🔗 Register here: https://zurl.co/Mrijg
👉 Interested in muscle NIRS and HD-EMG as well? Join our paired workshop the day before, on March 12th.
In this exciting new study protocol, Zheng et al. aim to use #fNIRS (OctaMon) to monitor brain activity in real-time while children with ADHD engage in immersive VR-based neurofeedback training. By providing feedback based on prefrontal brain activation, children can learn to modulate their own neural responses.
🟡 OctaMon fNIRS system for real-time brain monitoring
🔵 Combines neurofeedback with engaging #VR
🟡 A non-invasive direction for #ADHD intervention
Nlandu Kamavuako et al. explored how #fNIRS based BCIs can classify both spoken and imagined speech, offering communication avenues for people with locked-in syndrome. They used a #BCI paradigm to distinguish between spoken and imagined words, showing that imagined speech can be detected through prefrontal hemodynamic responses.
🟡 Real-time signal processing
🔵 High classification accuracy for covert speech
🟡 A step closer to practical BCI for assistive tech
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The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺
The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺