Speech and Language 

Realistic experiments involve verbalized speech. As such, they should account for the muscle movements that are required for this process, and the eventual artifacts that these may cause. The robustness of fNIRS in the presence of muscle movements as well as its portability in comparison to other imaging techniques, render this technology a very promising tool for studying speech and language under a great variety of conditions.

H. Bortfeld, “Functional near‐infrared spectroscopy as a tool for assessing speech and spoken language processing in pediatric and adult cochlear implant users,” Developmental Psychobiology, Dec. 2018.

A. R. Sonkaya and Z. Z. Bayazit, “A Neurolinguistic Investigation of Emotional Prosody and Verbal Components of Speech,” NeuroQuantology, vol. 16, no. 12, Nov. 2018.

N. Altvater-Mackensen and T. Grossmann, “Modality-independent recruitment of inferior frontal cortex during speech processing in human infants,” Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, vol. 34, pp. 130–138, Nov. 2018.

R. Gupta, A. Avila, and T. H. Falk, “Towards a Neuro-Inspired No-Reference Instrumental Quality Measure for Text-to-Speech Systems,” in 2018 Tenth International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX), 2018, pp. 1–6.

K. Arun, K. Smitha, P. Rajesh, and C. Kesavadas, “Functional near-infrared spectroscopy is in moderate accordance with functional MRI in determining lateralisation of frontal language areas,” Neuroradiol J, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 133–141, Apr. 2018.

A. Groba, A. De Houwer, J. Mehnert, S. Rossi, and H. Obrig, “Bilingual and monolingual children process pragmatic cues differently when learning novel adjectives,” Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, pp. 1–19, May 2017.

S. Benavides-Varela and J. Gervain, “Learning word order at birth: A NIRS study,” Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. Mar. 2017.

H. Obrig, J. Mock, F. Stephan, M. Richter, M. Vignotto, and S. Rossi, “Impact of associative word learning on phonotactic processing in 6-month-old infants: A combined EEG and fNIRS study,” Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. Sep. 2016.

C. Issard and J. Gervain, “Adult-like processing of time-compressed speech by newborns: A NIRS study,” Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. Oct. 2016.

N. Altvater-Mackensen and T. Grossmann, “The role of left inferior frontal cortex during audiovisual speech perception in infants,” NeuroImage, vol. 133, pp. 14–20, Jun. 2016.

N. Abboub, T. Nazzi, and J. Gervain, “Prosodic grouping at birth,” Brain Lang, vol. 162, pp. 46–59, Aug. 2016.

G. Tellis and C. Tellis, “Using functional near infrared spectroscopy with fluent speakers to determine haemoglobin changes in the brain during speech and non-speech tasks,” NIR news, vol. 27, no. 3, p. 4, 2016.

C. Vitale, T. Murgallis, G. Tellis, and D. Anson, “Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Technology in Typically Fluent Speakers and Persons who Stutter,” Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, vol. 193, p. 354, Jun. 2015.

J. Gervain, “Plasticity in early language acquisition: the effects of prenatal and early childhood experience,” Curr. Opin. Neurobiol., vol. 35, pp. 13–20, Dec. 2015.

C. Herff, F. Putze, D. Heger, C. Guan, and T. Schultz, “Speaking mode recognition from functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy,” Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, vol. 2012, pp. 1715–1718, 2012.

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