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After fNIRS experiment …

I found this photo today taken on April 1st, 2011. This was after I took a simultaneous fNIRS-fMRI experiment at Lucas Center, Stanford. This study required the participants to wear a cap with optical probes pointing on their heads. After the experim
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List of grants awarded to fNIRS research by NIH…

Below is a list of NIH grants in the field of fNIRS in the past 10 years. The list is compiled by Pe
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nirs2img, create an image file from NIRS data

Update 2021/2/27: If you find griddata3 not working, try to change griddata3 to griddata. I was asked where to get nirs2img script. Here it is. The download link is at the bottom of this article. nirs2img is to create an image file from the input dat
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Phrase frequency analysis on fNIRS hyperscanning with Stork Big…

In the previous blog, we have used Stork’s big analysis to analyze the literature of fNIRS. At that time, Stork only analyzed the frequency of a single word (number indicates the number of occurences): near-infrared (1945) spectroscopy (1868) c
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NIRS_SPM 批处理成像的一个小改进

This is a guest post by Dr. Ning Liu from Stanford. 前些天 在用 NIRS_SPM批处理 做fNIRS脑图时,有几组数据总是报错(大约占总数的三分之
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fNIRS overview by Stork’s Big Analysis

What’s the trend of fNIRS in brain research? Is the field growing or dying? Which country and which institute are the most productive? Who are the experts in the field and how can I contact them for collaboration? Which brain region(s) are most
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Are the two balls of the same color?

Look at the two balls below. What colors are they? To me, the left ball is definitely blue, and the right one is green. If you see the same way, Haha, you (your brain) is tricked! I used photoshop to remove the background purple and yellow colors, th
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NIRS People: Interview Dr Chunming Lu

Chunming Lu’s lab in Beijing Normal University has published a paper titled “Shared neural representations of syntax during online dyadic communication” in NeuroImage. This is another fNIRS hyperscanning study within a month (check
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Fix narginchk Error using SPM

Today I downloaded SPM 12 latest version, and when I tried to start it complained: Error using narginchk (line 10) too many input arguments This error is caused by the conflict of multiple narginchk functions. To find out where they are, type >>
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