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

Freezing of gait is not just motor, it’s a network error 🚶‍♂️🧠 Using #fNIRS during real walking, Chen et al. (2025) show FOG Parkinson's patients lack adaptive cortical plasticity to sensory challenges, with paradoxical network suppression ON dopamine. 📖 doi.org/10.1007/s004...

Early cochlear implantation can rapidly engage the auditory brain! 👂🧠 Diniz et al. (2025) used HD-fNIRS to show similar cortical activation between implanted children and hearing peers on the day of activation, alongside later gains in language and auditory perception. doi.org/10.1590/2317...

Using fNIRS, Wang et al. (2025) identified distinct prefrontal markers of emotion recognition and regulation deficits in children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), each predicting different symptom dimensions, despite similar task performance. Read on here 📖 doi.org/10.1093/scan...

⏰ Tomorrow! 📅 Feb 25 / 05:00pm CET time fNIRS data quality metrics & best practices 👉 Register now: buff.ly/tz0NKqg

In this new hyperscanning fNIRS paper, Shen et al. (2025) compared imitation and co-presence learning during word rule acquisition, revealing distinct inter-brain synchronisation patterns and directed neural information flow. Read more about the research here! 📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...

🔔 1 week to go! 📅 Feb 25 / 05:00pm CET time In the Right Light: Evaluating fNIRS Data Quality – Part I fNIRS quality metrics, preprocessing & best practices 👉 Register: buff.ly/tz0NKqg #fNIRS #Neuroimaging

Does HD-tDCS always modulate the brain as expected? 🤔⚡🧠 Timokhov et al. (2025) combined SimNIBS-guided HD-tDCS with #fNIRS to study frontopolar control of exploration–exploitation. Read the full results here 📖 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

🔧 fNIRS data quality in practice Learn how common quality metrics are implemented in Satori and how to report them clearly in scientific publications. 🗓 Feb 25 / 05:00pm CET time - buff.ly/tz0NKqg 🗓 Mar 19 / 05:00pm CET time - buff.ly/gsZQQak

New paper! Hale et al. (2025) combined fNIRS hyperscanning and respiratory sinus arrhythmia to show that mother-child dlPFC synchrony strengthens the link between maternal positive affect and lower child emotion dysregulation. 💕🤱 Read full paper here 📖 doi.org/10.1007/s108...

Problematic media use may alter *how* the preschool brain works, even when behaviour looks the same. 🧠📱 Ding et al. (2025) used fNIRS during a working-memory task and found gender-specific prefrontal activation differences linked to media use. 📖 doi.org/10.3390/brai...

Can geometry improve fNIRS decoding? 📐 Näher et al. (2025) introduce a Riemannian-geometry-based #fNIRS classification framework, showing improved multi-class and binary brain-state decoding compared with traditional methods. Read more here! 📖 doi.org/10.1117/1.NP...

How do you decide whether fNIRS data are “good enough”? 🔦 In the Right Light: Evaluating fNIRS Data Quality -> 2-part webinar 👉 Feb 25 / 05:00pm CET time - buff.ly/tz0NKqg 👉 Mar 19 / 05:00pm CET time - buff.ly/gsZQQak Metrics, real datasets, and best practices - plus open discussion.

We’re excited to welcome Matthew Stork as CEO and Maarten Jaspers as Finance Director of our neuroimaging group (@artinis.bsky.social & NIRx Medical Technologies). Read more: bit.ly/3NZErkT

Detecting awareness when behaviour is absent remains a clinical challenge. 🩺💡 Bastian et al. (2025) test an individualised #fNIRS paradigm using motor-speech imagery to distinguish responsive vs unresponsive states, with potential relevance for disorders of consciousness. doi.org/10.1117/1.NP...

🚀 fNIRS Hyperscanning Workshop | Aug 3–4 @ USC LA Hands-on, expert-led, practical insights. 💰 Early bird $150 – ends May 31! 🔗 bit.ly/3ZwGWOh

ADHD and OCD may share symptoms, but differ in executive control. 🎮 Rodríguez-Herrera et al. (2025) compare adults with ADHD, OCD, and controls using a Virtual Reality executive-function task and resting-state #fNIRS connectivity of the frontoparietal network. 📖 doi.org/10.1007/s100...

Hidden psychological states shape how people experience work. 🧑‍💼📊 In this new study, Goldstein et al. (2025) used #fNIRS in real-world settings to study hidden, persistent psychological states shaping how people experience their careers. Check the research here: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

🔦 In the Right Light: Evaluating fNIRS Data Quality A 2-part webinar on fNIRS data quality metrics, preprocessing, and best practices. 🗓 Part I: Feb 25 - buff.ly/tz0NKqg 🗓 Part II: Mar 19 - buff.ly/gsZQQak With Dr. Armin Heinecke & Giovanni Herring (NIRx). Discussion & questions welcome!

🧠 Last chance to join our live webinar on HRfunc for fNIRS with Denny Schaedig from WashU School of Medicine! 🔍 Learn to estimate neural activity and HRFs, watch a live demo, and enhance your fNIRS analyses. 👉 Register now: buff.ly/680Y286 #fNIRS #Neuroimaging #Webinar

Medication or movement, or both? 🚴📚 Hoy et al. (2025) studied children with #ADHD performing a #Stroop task while seated or desk-cycling, using #fNIRS to examine how physical activity and medication status shapes prefrontal engagement. Results here 👀 doi.org/10.3390/brai...