Functional near-infrared spectroscopy: A long-term reliable tool for measuring brain activity during verbal fluency

• Published in: NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 147 - 155
• Main Authors: Schecklmann, Martin, Ehlis, Ann-Christine, Plichta, Michael M., Fallgatter, Andreas J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 15.10.2008; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; Brain - physiology; Brain Mapping - methods; Brain oxygenation; Female; Humans; Language Tests; Male; Males; Medical imaging; NIRS; Older people; Optical imaging; Oxygen Consumption - physiology; Phonetics; Reproducibility of Results; School attendance; Sensitivity and Specificity; Spectrophotometry, Infrared - methods; Studies; Test–retest; Verbal Behavior - physiology; Verbal fluency; NIRS; Test–retest; Optical imaging; Verbal fluency; Brain oxygenation

The present study investigated the short- and long-term retest reliability of brain activity measured with functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) during verbal fluency, the most published cognitive task within fNIRS literature. We examined 15 healthy right handed subjects in a block design ta...