Neuroimaging Field Methods Using Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) Neuroimaging to Study Global Child Development: Rural Sub-Saharan AfricaKaja K. Jasińska 1,2, Sosthène Guei 3
1Linguistics and Cognitive Science Department, University of Delaware, 2Haskins Laboratories, 3Centre de Recherche et d'Action pour la Paix
Portable neuroimaging approaches (functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy) provide advances to the study of the brain in previously inaccessible regions; here, rural Côte d'Ivoire. Innovation in methods and development of culturally-appropriate neuroimaging protocols permits novel study of the brain's development and children's learning outcomes in environments with significant poverty and adversity.
