Using fNIRS to Study Working Memory of Infants in Rural Africa

K Begus; S Lloyd-Fox; D Halliday; M Papademetriou; M K Darboe; A M Prentice; S E Moore; C E Elwell

doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-3023-4_34

Using fNIRS to Study Working Memory of Infants in Rural Africa

K Begus, S Lloyd-Fox, D Halliday, M Papademetriou, M K Darboe, A M Prentice, S E Moore, C E Elwell

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Abstract

A pilot study was conducted to assess the feasibility of using fNIRS as an alternative to behavioral assessments of cognitive development with infants in rural Africa. We report preliminary results of a study looking at working memory in 12-16-month-olds and discuss the benefits and shortcomings for the potential future use of fNIRS to investigate the effects of nutritional insults and interventions in global health studies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	273-279
Number of pages	7
Journal	Advances in Experimental Medicine And Biology
Volume	876
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3023-4_34
Publication status	Published - 2016

Keywords

Africa
Humans
Infant
Memory, Short-Term
Pilot Projects
Rural Population
Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared/methods

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