“…Four areas were defined to allow investigation of the individual effects of the task parameters within different regions of NIRS measurement, in accordance with Watanabe et al: area 1, channels 1–4, 6, and 8; area 2, channels 5, 7, and 9–12; area 3, channels 15, 18, 20, 21, 23, and 24; and area 4, channels 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, and 22. 22 Areas 1–4 represented the left dorsolateral PFC, left ventromedial PFC, right ventromedial PFC, and right dorsolateral PFC, respectively. The average change in oxy-Hb concentration in each area was calculated.…”