Communications Biology (Sep 2022)

Effect of surgical mask on fMRI signals during task and rest

  • Benjamin Klugah-Brown,
  • Yue Yu,
  • Peng Hu,
  • Elijah Agoalikum,
  • Congcong Liu,
  • Xiqin Liu,
  • Xi Yang,
  • Yixu Zeng,
  • Xinqi Zhou,
  • Xin Yu,
  • Bart Rypma,
  • Andrew M. Michael,
  • Xiaobo Li,
  • Benjamin Becker,
  • Bharat Biswal

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03908-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Wearing a face mask during fMRI has little to no significant effect on resting-state and task activations.