Opening the dialogue: A preliminary exploration of hair color, hair cleanliness, light, and motion effects on fNIRS signal quality

• Mitchell Holmes ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mgholmes@ualberta.ca

  Affiliation Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4533-7155

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• Daniel Aalto,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Institute for Reconstructive Science in Medicine (iRSM), Misericordia Community Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8611-6404

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• Jacqueline Cummine

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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