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Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

Neural Correlates of Inhibitory Control in Children: Evidence Using MRI and fNIRS

Posted on July 29, 2025

Leela Shah, Xin Zhou, Marissa Ann DiPiero, Jayse Merle Weaver, Corrina Frye, Steven R. Kecskemeti, Ruth Y. Litovsky, Andrew L. Alexander, Elizabeth M. Planalp, Douglas C. Dean III

File: Shah-et-al-2025-Neural-Control-fNIRS-MRI.pdf

Effects of degraded speech processing and binaural unmasking investigated using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)

Posted on April 25, 2022

Zhou X, Sobczak GS, McKay CM, Litovsky RY (2022) Effects of degraded speech processing and binaural unmasking investigated using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). PLoS ONE 17(4): e0267588. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267588

File: 2022_Zhou-et-al.fNIRS-degraded-speech_PLoS-One-1.pdf

Inhibitory Control in Children 4–10 Years of Age: Evidence From Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Task-Based Observations

Posted on January 3, 2022

Zhou, X., Planalp, E.M., Heinrich, L., Pletcher, C., DiPiero, M.A., Alexander, A.L., Litovsky, R.Y., and Dean, D. (2022). Inhibitory control in children 4-10 years of age: Evidence from fNIRS task-based observations. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience: 818.

File: Zhou-et-al-2022_HumanFront_fNIRS.pdf

Comparing fNIRS signal qualities between approaches with and without short channels

Posted on January 27, 2021

Zhou, X., Sobczak, G., McKay, C. M., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2020). Comparing fNIRS signal qualities between approaches with and without short channels. Plos one, 15(12), e0244186.

File: journal.pone_.0244186_zhou_2020.pdf

Cortical Speech Processing in Postlingually Deaf Adult Cochlear Implant Users, as Revealed by Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

Posted on October 4, 2018

Zhou X, Seghouane AK, Shah A, Innes-Brown H, Cross W, Litovsky R, McKay CM. Trends Hear. 2018 Jan-Dec;22:2331216518786850. doi: 10.1177/2331216518786850.

File: Zhou-et-al.-2018.pdf

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