To assist on the experimental design of fNIRS in terms of definition of regions of interest, we considered five available parcellation atlases: (a) Automated Anatomical Labeling (AAL2)32,33, (b) Atlas of Intrinsic Connectivity of Homotopic Areas (AICHA)34, (c) Brodmann Areas35, (d) Jülich histological (cyto- and myelo-architectonic) atlas (Anatomy Toolbox)36–38, and (e) LONI Probabilistic Brain Atlas (LPBA40)39.