Talk Title: “The ambulatory brain- using fNIRS to study the brain during movement, gait, and balance”

Abstract: Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a portable and non-invasive brain imaging technology that allows imaging during upright participant movement.  In this talk, I will give a brief survey of how fNIRS is being used to study the brain during gait and balance in both healthy and clinical populations.  

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Bio: Dr Theodore Huppert is currently an associate professor of Psychiatry at Stony Brook University.  His lab specializes in the application of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) as a versatile and portable neuroimaging technology.  Dr Huppert is one of the founding members of the professional Society for fNIRS and has authored over 200 publications on fNIRS applications and method developments.  Dr Huppert is the author of several widely used analysis tools for fNIRS, as well as multimodal neuroimaging techniques.