title: Using fNIRS to Study Working Memory of Infants in Rural Africa.
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.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck College, University of London, London, UK. k.begus@bbk.ac.uk.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Begus
authors.affiliation: Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck College, University of London, London, UK.|Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, University College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lloyd-Fox
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, University College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Halliday
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, University College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Papademetriou
authors.affiliation: MRC International Nutrition Group, Keneba Field Station, Keneba, The Gambia.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Darboe
authors.affiliation: MRC International Nutrition Group, Keneba Field Station, Keneba, The Gambia.|MRC International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Prentice
authors.affiliation: MRC International Nutrition Group, Keneba Field Station, Keneba, The Gambia.|MRC Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Elwell
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012424:Rural Population; D019265:Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Infants; Nutrition; Working memory; fNIRS