Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Sport Psychology Research

Wolff, Wanja (2017). Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Sport Psychology Research. Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie, 24(1), pp. 17-28. Hogrefe 10.1026/1612-5010/a000184

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This article aims at introducing functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) as a neuroimaging technique for the assessment of cortical processes during physical activity. Compared with other neuroimaging techniques, fNIRS has a relatively low susceptibility to movement artifacts and very high portability. fNIRS could potentially be a useful addition to neuroscientific methods currently used for sport psychology research. This article provides a brief introduction of the basic physical principles of fNIRS and an analysis of the relative strengths and limitations of this method for sport psychology research. Further, a brief discussion is presented of some fNIRS-based findings that are relevant to sport psychology research. To conclude, a sport psychology research perspective where fNIRS will hopefully be used in future research is proposed as an example.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Education > Educational Psychology

UniBE Contributor:

Wolff, Wanja

Subjects:

300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 370 Education

ISSN:

1612-5010

Publisher:

Hogrefe

Language:

German

Submitter:

Wanja Wolff

Date Deposited:

21 Mar 2019 14:56

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:26

Publisher DOI:

10.1026/1612-5010/a000184

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.126609

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/126609

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