Journal
BRAIN AND LANGUAGE
Volume 121, Issue 2, Pages 90-109Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2011.03.005
Keywords
Near-infrared spectroscopy; fNIRS; Language; Verbal fluency; Lateralization; Comprehension; Perception
Funding
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [Sonderforschungsbereich Transregio 58 (SFB Trr 58 C04)]
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Over the past years functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) has substantially contributed to the understanding of language and its neural correlates. In contrast to other imaging techniques, fNIRS is well suited to study language function in healthy and psychiatric populations due to its cheap and easy application in a quiet and natural measurement setting. Its relative insensitivity for motion artifacts allows the use of overt speech tasks and the investigation of verbal conversation. The present review focuses on the numerous contributions of fNIRS to the field of language, its development, and related psychiatric disorders but also on its limitations and chances for the future. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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