Can pleasant streets calm the brain? 🚶♀️🏙️
Brunner et al. (2026) show that positively perceived walking environments decreased prefrontal HbO, while unpleasant scenes increased activation. #fNIRS offers a direct neural readout of urban experience.
📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.ci...
🚨 fNIRS Data Analysis Workshop | Sep 16–18 @ UNO
Hands-on 3-day workshop covering Satori workflow, connectivity, and advanced topics.
💰 Early bird registration ends July 1 – register today!
🔗 bit.ly/3NQdjER
Researchers from Friedrich Schiller University Jena are streaming an fNIRS hyperscanning study using NIRSport2 — during real Go matches!
8 players, 12 matches, all recorded simultaneously.
📅 Only until April 23
🎥 www.twitch.tv/europeangofe...
📖 www.uni-jena.de/404118/was-p...
We’re getting closer to our High-Density DOT Workshop (Pre-OHBM) in Bordeaux 🇫🇷
A full day of:
🔬 Hands-on sessions
🎯 Live demos
🧠 Expert insights
📅 June 13, 2026
🎟 Join us:
www.eventbrite.com/e/high-densi...
Spots are limited — hope to see you there!
#OHBM #Neuroscience #fNIRS #DOT
Rethinking #fNIRS quality control 🔎
Guglielmini et al. (2026) present DL-QC-fNIRS, a CNN-based tool using cardiac-band wavelet scalograms for automated channel-wise quality control.
93% accuracy and stronger F1 scores than traditional metrics.
📖 doi.org/10.1117/1.NP...
Multimodality strengthens non-invasive BCI decoding ⚡
In this new paper, Ma (2025) evaluates how integrating fNIRS with EEG improves classification performance in non-invasive brain-computer interfaces.
📖 Read the full paper: doi.org/10.62051/wq4...
🚀 Level up your fNIRS skills!
2-day hands-on workshop, Aug 3–4, USC LA
💰 Early bird $150 – register by May 31!
🔗 bit.ly/3ZwGWOh
Elite balance has a measurable cortical signature ⛷️🧠
Khan et al. (2026) report significantly greater motor cortical activation during single-leg vs dual-leg stance in adolescent Alpine skiers measured with fNIRS. No lateralisation differences were observed.
📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.hu...
What drives successful collaboration in virtual classrooms? 💻🔗
Azhari et al. (2025) used fNIRS hyperscanning during a naturalistic Zoom seminar and found that PFC inter-brain synchrony peaked in joint presentations, predicting both performance and relational satisfaction.
doi.org/10.3389/fnin...
We’re hosting a High-Density DOT Workshop (Pre-OHBM) in Bordeaux 🇫🇷
A full day of:
🔬 Hands-on sessions
💡 Expert insights
⚡ Live demos
📅 June 13, 2026
🕘 09:00–17:30 CET
If you're working with fNIRS / HD-DOT, this is for you 👇
www.eventbrite.com/e/high-densi...
#Neuroscience #HDdot #OpenScience
Does bilingual exposure shape infant brain networks? 👶
Abdollahpour & Artan (2025) analysed resting-state #fNIRS in 4-month-olds and found anatomically specific changes in effective connectivity, particularly in frontal, temporal and opercular regions.
doi.org/10.1117/1.NP...
New dataset on inter-brain synchrony and social touch! 🤝🔗
Chen et al. (2025) release an open fNIRS hyperscanning dataset from 47 dyads comparing friends and strangers. Touch increased synchrony and buffered negative emotion.
📖 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Open multimodal VR dataset for cognitive state tracking 🌍🤖
Aygun et al. (2025) released fNIRS, EEG, pupillometry, and physiology data from 80 participants during simulated driving, supporting ML-based modelling of workload, distraction, and mind wandering.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Great to see NIRx user Dr. Yingying Wang featured in this piece on how brain imaging can help understand cochlear implant success 🧠
Really exciting work in neuroimaging!
news.unl.edu/article/brai...
🚨 Last call – happening today!
Part II: Evaluating fNIRS Data Quality
🕔 5:00 PM CET
Still time to join us and get practical insights into improving your data quality.
👉 Register now: buff.ly/u0olM5Z
Multimodal integration tracks migraine treatment response💊🔗
Wagner et al. (2025) report that EEG and fNIRS recordings during galcanezumab therapy showed increased network efficiency and synergy after 3 months, with metrics predicting disability and medication use at 1 year.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
How reproducible is #fNIRS within a subject? 🧠📍
Wagner et al. (2025) show HbO responses are more reproducible than HbR across 10+ sessions of visual and motor tasks. Source localisation and optode digitisation improved repeatability.
📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
How reproducible is #fNIRS within a subject? 🧠📍
Wagner et al. (2025) show HbO responses are more reproducible than HbR across 10+ sessions of visual and motor tasks. Source localisation and optode digitisation improved repeatability.
📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
Hands-on fNIRS & Hyperscanning workshop 🧠
📅 Aug 3–4 @ USC LA | Expert instructors, practical insights
💰 Early bird $150 closes May 31!
🔗 bit.ly/3ZwGWOh
Improving HRF modelling in #fNIRS ∿
Schaedig et al. (2025) introduce HRfunc, an open-source Python tool for estimating haemodynamic response functions and recovering neural activity via deconvolution. Validated in child task + hyperscanning datasets.
📖 doi.org/10.1117/1.NP...
Part II is coming! 🚀
📅 April 2nd | 5PM CET
🎓 NIRx Expert Webinar Series
Learn how to evaluate and improve your fNIRS data quality.
👉 Save your spot: buff.ly/u0olM5Z
#fNIRS #Neuroscience
Prototype format shapes brain activity. 🛠️
Dybvik et al. (2025) show physical, virtual, and mixed reality prototypes elicit distinct DLPFC haemodynamic responses during product evaluation, measured with fNIRS — even when subjective workload appears similar.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🏃New #fNIRS research by Liu et al. (2025) reports 8 weeks of interval or moderate continuous training improved Stroop reaction times in 9–10-year-olds. fNIRS showed reduced left DLPFC oxyHb, suggesting more efficient inhibitory control.
📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
Distinct prefrontal targets show distinct therapeutic profiles in depression. 📡⚡️
Hernández-Sauret et al. (2026) combined HD-tDCS and fNIRS, finding broader and earlier improvements with DLPFC stimulation, plus increased prefrontal connectivity at follow-up.
doi.org/10.1007/s105...
In this new #fNIRS research, Ozeri et al. (2025) show stronger left temporal oxyHb responses to audiovisual spatial mismatches, evidence of early prediction-violation processing before behavioural localisation is reliable. 🧠
📖 doi.org/10.1162/JOCN...
🔔 1 week to go!
📅 Mar 19 / 05:00pm CET time
In the Right Light – Part II
Applying fNIRS quality metrics to real datasets
👉 Register: buff.ly/gsZQQak
Studying everyday movement in natural settings 👕🧠
Benam et al. (2025) show that #fNIRS captures prefrontal and motor cortex activation during a seated buttoning task, supporting its use for real-world activities of daily living research.
📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.yn...
A new open-access resource for lower-limb BCI research! 🦿🧠
Khan et al. (2025) share an fNIRS motor imagery dataset for ankle and knee tasks, recorded with NIRSport2 and released in SNIRF format for ML benchmarking and rehabilitation-focused BCIs.
doi.org/10.3389/frob...
🎓🪞Liu et al. (2025) used longitudinal fNIRS to show that facial imitation-based learning gradually reshapes mirror neuron system dynamics, with information flow converging on the inferior frontal gyrus and lasting benefits for emotional face perception.
👀https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-025-00372-9
📊 Level up your fNIRS analysis skills!
3-day hands-on workshop | Sep 16–18 @ University of Nebraska Omaha
Full Satori workflow, keynotes, system demos & advanced topics.
💰 Early bird registration ends July 1 – register today!
🔗 bit.ly/3NQdjER