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NIRS hyperscanning data analysis (4) coherence analysis

NIRS hyperscanning data analysis (1) NIRS hyperscanning data analysis (2) NIRS hyperscanning data analysis (3) NIRS hyperscanning data analysis (4) How do we analyze hyperscanning data to find out the relationship between two brains? Obviously correl
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Using the anti-correlation between oxy and deoxy hemoglobin for…

Back in 2009 we published a paper titled “Functional near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) signal improvement based on negative correlation between oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin dynamics“. In a nutshell, we found the oxy- and deoxy-H
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Fisher transformation

Assume you are doing a correlation study between two brain areas, A and B. For each subject, you get a single value, the correlation between A and B. And you have 100 subjects. How do you know if the mean of the correlation is significantly different
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NIRS hyperscanning data analysis (3) quality check

NIRS hyperscanning data analysis (1)NIRS hyperscanning data analysis (2)NIRS hyperscanning data analysis (3)NIRS hyperscanning data analysis (4) Data quality check 1. Behavior data To identify behavior abnormalities, we need to plot the behavior data
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NIRS hyperscanning data analysis (2)

NIRS hyperscanning data analysis (1) NIRS hyperscanning data analysis (2) NIRS hyperscanning data analysis (3) NIRS hyperscanning data analysis (4) Data collection We used Hitachi’s ETG 4000 to collect data. This device normally collects data f
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NIRS hyperscanning data analysis (1)

NIRS hyperscanning data analysis (1) NIRS hyperscanning data analysis (2) NIRS hyperscanning data analysis (3) NIRS hyperscanning data analysis (4) In this series I will introduce how we analyzed NIRS hyperscanning data. NIRS hyperscanning is a techn
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NIRS: project digitizer data on brain using NFRI tool

If you have digitizer data, then NFRI tool can be very useful to visualize these data on a brain. If you can’t access youtube, see below:
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Can we control a robot by thought?

Honda has developed new brain-machine interface (BMI) technology that allows humans to control the Asimo humanoid robot simply by thinking certain thoughts. The technology is based on combined EEG and NIRS. The system reportedly has an accuracy rate
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How much money did I make from an app?

Undoubtedly some people are very successful in making money by developing a smartphone app. Back in 2012 I developed an app called “Handbook of Brain” which is a collected resources of brain anatomy, function and diseases. I put the app i
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