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Interdisciplinary views of fNIRS: Current advancements, equity challenges, and an agenda for future needs of a diverse fNIRS research community

Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) is an innovative and promising neuroimaging modality for studying brain activity in real-world environments. While fNIRS has seen rapid advancements in hardware, software, and research applications since its emergence nearly 30 years ago, limitations sti...

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Autores principales: Doherty, Emily J., Spencer, Cara A., Burnison, Jeremy, Čeko, Marta, Chin, Jenna, Eloy, Lucca, Haring, Kerstin, Kim, Pilyoung, Pittman, Daniel, Powers, Shannon, Pugh, Samuel L., Roumis, Demetris, Stephens, Jaclyn A., Yeh, Tom, Hirshfield, Leanne
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10010439/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36922983
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2023.1059679
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author Doherty, Emily J.
Spencer, Cara A.
Burnison, Jeremy
Čeko, Marta
Chin, Jenna
Eloy, Lucca
Haring, Kerstin
Kim, Pilyoung
Pittman, Daniel
Powers, Shannon
Pugh, Samuel L.
Roumis, Demetris
Stephens, Jaclyn A.
Yeh, Tom
Hirshfield, Leanne
author_facet Doherty, Emily J.
Spencer, Cara A.
Burnison, Jeremy
Čeko, Marta
Chin, Jenna
Eloy, Lucca
Haring, Kerstin
Kim, Pilyoung
Pittman, Daniel
Powers, Shannon
Pugh, Samuel L.
Roumis, Demetris
Stephens, Jaclyn A.
Yeh, Tom
Hirshfield, Leanne
author_sort Doherty, Emily J.
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description Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) is an innovative and promising neuroimaging modality for studying brain activity in real-world environments. While fNIRS has seen rapid advancements in hardware, software, and research applications since its emergence nearly 30 years ago, limitations still exist regarding all three areas, where existing practices contribute to greater bias within the neuroscience research community. We spotlight fNIRS through the lens of different end-application users, including the unique perspective of a fNIRS manufacturer, and report the challenges of using this technology across several research disciplines and populations. Through the review of different research domains where fNIRS is utilized, we identify and address the presence of bias, specifically due to the restraints of current fNIRS technology, limited diversity among sample populations, and the societal prejudice that infiltrates today's research. Finally, we provide resources for minimizing bias in neuroscience research and an application agenda for the future use of fNIRS that is equitable, diverse, and inclusive.
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spelling pubmed-100104392023-03-14 Interdisciplinary views of fNIRS: Current advancements, equity challenges, and an agenda for future needs of a diverse fNIRS research community Doherty, Emily J. Spencer, Cara A. Burnison, Jeremy Čeko, Marta Chin, Jenna Eloy, Lucca Haring, Kerstin Kim, Pilyoung Pittman, Daniel Powers, Shannon Pugh, Samuel L. Roumis, Demetris Stephens, Jaclyn A. Yeh, Tom Hirshfield, Leanne Front Integr Neurosci Neuroscience Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) is an innovative and promising neuroimaging modality for studying brain activity in real-world environments. While fNIRS has seen rapid advancements in hardware, software, and research applications since its emergence nearly 30 years ago, limitations still exist regarding all three areas, where existing practices contribute to greater bias within the neuroscience research community. We spotlight fNIRS through the lens of different end-application users, including the unique perspective of a fNIRS manufacturer, and report the challenges of using this technology across several research disciplines and populations. Through the review of different research domains where fNIRS is utilized, we identify and address the presence of bias, specifically due to the restraints of current fNIRS technology, limited diversity among sample populations, and the societal prejudice that infiltrates today's research. Finally, we provide resources for minimizing bias in neuroscience research and an application agenda for the future use of fNIRS that is equitable, diverse, and inclusive. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-02-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10010439/ /pubmed/36922983 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2023.1059679 Text en Copyright © 2023 Doherty, Spencer, Burnison, Čeko, Chin, Eloy, Haring, Kim, Pittman, Powers, Pugh, Roumis, Stephens, Yeh and Hirshfield. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Neuroscience
Doherty, Emily J.
Spencer, Cara A.
Burnison, Jeremy
Čeko, Marta
Chin, Jenna
Eloy, Lucca
Haring, Kerstin
Kim, Pilyoung
Pittman, Daniel
Powers, Shannon
Pugh, Samuel L.
Roumis, Demetris
Stephens, Jaclyn A.
Yeh, Tom
Hirshfield, Leanne
Interdisciplinary views of fNIRS: Current advancements, equity challenges, and an agenda for future needs of a diverse fNIRS research community
title Interdisciplinary views of fNIRS: Current advancements, equity challenges, and an agenda for future needs of a diverse fNIRS research community
title_full Interdisciplinary views of fNIRS: Current advancements, equity challenges, and an agenda for future needs of a diverse fNIRS research community
title_fullStr Interdisciplinary views of fNIRS: Current advancements, equity challenges, and an agenda for future needs of a diverse fNIRS research community
title_full_unstemmed Interdisciplinary views of fNIRS: Current advancements, equity challenges, and an agenda for future needs of a diverse fNIRS research community
title_short Interdisciplinary views of fNIRS: Current advancements, equity challenges, and an agenda for future needs of a diverse fNIRS research community
title_sort interdisciplinary views of fnirs: current advancements, equity challenges, and an agenda for future needs of a diverse fnirs research community
topic Neuroscience
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10010439/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36922983
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2023.1059679
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