fNIRS + VR

fNIRS combined with VR technology creates an immersive and powerful research or rehabilitation setup. fNIRS measures changes in blood oxygenation in the brain, providing insights into brain activity, while VR creates controlled, engaging, and dynamic environments. This integration allows researchers to study brain function in highly realistic and interactive scenarios that mimic real-world conditions, offering better ecological validity than traditional lab settings. For rehabilitation, it provides a motivating platform where brain activity can be monitored as patients perform VR-based tasks, linking neural responses directly to virtual experiences.

• Ecological Validity: Enables brain activity measurement in realistic, interactive virtual environments.
• Immersive Stimulation: VR provides highly engaging and controllable visual and auditory stimuli.
• Naturalistic Behavior: Allows subjects to move and interact more naturally while brain activity is recorded.
• Real-time Correlation: Links brain hemodynamic responses (fNIRS) directly to specific virtual events or user actions.
• Therapeutic Potential: Creates motivating rehabilitation scenarios where brain function can be monitored and trained.