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A New Approach to Functional Neuroimaging: Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS)

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●Title
A New Approach to Functional Neuroimaging:
Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS)


●Authors
Yasuyo Minagawa-Kawai, Nozomi Naoi, Shozo Kojima





CONTENTS

    Preface .........................1

Chapter 1: An Overview of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) Techiniques and Methods

    Introduction .........................7

    A. Fundamentals of the NIRS System

            a. General Principles .........................8

            b. NIRS with continuous wave (CW) systems .........................9

            c. Other Topography Systems .........................12

            d. Three-Dimensional Tomography .........................13

    B. Comparison with Other Methods: Pros and Cons

            a. Temporal and Spatial Resolutions .........................15

            b. Advantages .........................16

            c. Limitations .........................18

    C. Methods and Analysis

            a. Experimental Design .........................20

            b. Procedures .........................22

            c. Data Analysis .........................26

Chapter 2: Studies with Adult Participants: Some New Findings and Validity of the Method

    A. Sensory-Motor Functions

            a. Motion Illusion .........................35

            b. Motor Imagery .........................40

            c. Music Perception .........................43

    B. Memory

            a. Working Memory .........................46

            b. Differential Memory Effect .........................48

    C. Self and Others

            a. Personality .........................52

            b. Moral Judgment .........................57

Chapter 3: Studies with Infants and Children

    Introduction .........................63

    A. Mother-Infant Relationship

            a. Recognition of Facial Emotion in Mothers and Infants .........................65

            b. Infant-Directed Speech and Infants' Brain Responses .........................71

    B. Social Cognition

            a. Cerebral Responses to Joint Attention Episodes in Infants .........................82

            b. Perception of Biological Motion .........................86

    C. Development in Speech Perception

            a. Functional Cerebral Lateralization in Speech Processing .........................93

            b. Developmental Cerebral Lateralization: A Cross-Sectional Study Using Japanese Short and Long Vowel Categories .........................96

            c. Developmental Cerebral Lateralization: A Longitudinal Study Using Native and Non-Native Vowel Categories ...................................100

    D. Children with Developmental Disabilities

            a. Functional Lateralization: Phoneme vs. Prosody .........................108

            b. Behavioral Intervention and the Cerebral Laterality for Speech in Children with Autism ...................................118

    References .........................123

    Index .........................139