Iara de Almeida Ivo, PhD candidate
Real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging (rt-fMRI) can be used to target and regulate the cortical and subcortical components of brain networks. However, the mapping of brain networks related to food processing is quite inconsistent, both for healthy participants and for participants who suffer from disordered eating. Maastricht University research shows that the effect of attentional focus drives the level of brain activation for neural representations of food reward value and hypotheses that palatability is represented in patterns of brain activity. Iara’s research focuses on testing the validity of brain activation – and patterns of brain activation – as methodological regions of interest for rt-fMRI; with the aim of developing effective intervention protocols that are sustainable for clinical applications, that is, the treatment of mental illness.
Publications that I’m most proud of
Cerebral oxygenation responses to head movement measured with near-infrared spectroscopy. Biophotonics in exercise science, sports medicine, health monitoring technologies, and wearables II, 2021.
We studied the relationship between channel location and Inertial Measuring Unit (IMU) quantified head movements to better understand their effects in a wearable fNIRS system.
