Best Practices for FNIRS Publications

Overview

Journal Neurophotonics

Date 2021 Jan 14

PMID 33442557

Citations 194

Authors

Meryem A Yucel

Alexander V Luhmann

Felix Scholkmann

Judit Gervain

Ippeita Dan

Hasan Ayaz

David Boas

Robert J Cooper

Joseph Culver

Clare E Elwell

Adam Eggebrecht

Maria A Franceschini

Christophe Grova

Fumitaka Homae

Frederic Lesage

Hellmuth Obrig

Ilias Tachtsidis

Sungho Tak

Yunjie Tong

Alessandro Torricelli

Heidrun Wabnitz

Martin Wolf

Affiliations

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Abstract

The application of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) in the neurosciences has been expanding over the last 40 years. Today, it is addressing a wide range of applications within different populations and utilizes a great variety of experimental paradigms. With the rapid growth and the diversification of research methods, some inconsistencies are appearing in the way in which methods are presented, which can make the interpretation and replication of studies unnecessarily challenging. The Society for Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy has thus been motivated to organize a representative (but not exhaustive) group of leaders in the field to build a consensus on the best practices for describing the methods utilized in fNIRS studies. Our paper has been designed to provide guidelines to help enhance the reliability, repeatability, and traceability of reported fNIRS studies and encourage best practices throughout the community. A checklist is provided to guide authors in the preparation of their manuscripts and to assist reviewers when evaluating fNIRS papers.

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