Portable wireless and fibreless fNIRS headband compares favorably to a stationary headcap-based system

• Christopher L. Friesen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Christopher L. Friesen, Michael Lawrence, Shaun G. Boe

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Laboratory for Brain Recovery and Function, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Axem Neurotechnology, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada

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• Michael Lawrence ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Christopher L. Friesen, Michael Lawrence, Shaun G. Boe

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Laboratory for Brain Recovery and Function, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Axem Neurotechnology, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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• Tony G. J. Ingram ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  ¶‡ TGJI, MMS, EAH, CWH, and HFN also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Laboratory for Brain Recovery and Function, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Axem Neurotechnology, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada

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• Megan M. Smith ,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ TGJI, MMS, EAH, CWH, and HFN also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Axem Neurotechnology, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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• Eric A. Hamilton ,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ TGJI, MMS, EAH, CWH, and HFN also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Axem Neurotechnology, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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• Christopher W. Holland ,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ TGJI, MMS, EAH, CWH, and HFN also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada, Cognitive and Motor Performance Laboratory, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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• Heather F. Neyedli ,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ TGJI, MMS, EAH, CWH, and HFN also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada, Cognitive and Motor Performance Laboratory, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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• Shaun G. Boe

  Contributed equally to this work with: Christopher L. Friesen, Michael Lawrence, Shaun G. Boe

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: s.boe@dal.ca

  Affiliations Laboratory for Brain Recovery and Function, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada, School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, School of Physiotherapy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7477-0049

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