Near-Infrared Spectroscopy: Recent Advances in Infant Speech Perception and Language Acquisition Research

• Main Author: Judit Gervain (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Psychology; language learning; near-infrered spectroscopy; brain specialization for language; Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience; language developmental; Speech Perception
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) is a novel and increasingly popular optical imaging technique that has revolutionarized brain research in the youngest developmental populations. After nearly a decade of technological development, NIRS has become a reliable, easy-to-use and efficient tool to explor...