“…Scholkmann et al (2013) showed that PaCO 2 changes were evoked by speech and mathematical tasks, and strongly affected the fNIRI signals. Task execution may also lead to significant changes in BP during certain experimental tasks such as arm-rising (Minati et al, 2011), anagram task (Tachtsidis et al, 2008a(Tachtsidis et al, ,c, 2009), word generation and constructional puzzle task (Moody et al, 2005), semantic continuous performance task (Jelzow et al, 2011), or emotional picture presentation (Minati et al, 2009). These BP changes affect hemodynamics in the extracerebral compartment, measured as stimulus/task-related changes in SBF and/or volume (SBV) (Kirilina et al, 2012;Takahashi et al, 2011), or even in the cerebral compartment itself (Minati et al, 2011 Another source of systemic component is the influence of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) on the cerebral vasculature (Hamel, 2006;Wahl and Schilling, 1993).…”