A simultaneous EEG-fNIRS dataset of the visual cognitive motivation study in healthy adults

Tustanah Phukhachee; Thanate Angsuwatanakul; Keiji Iramina; Boonserm Kaewkamnerdpong

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2024.110260

A simultaneous EEG-fNIRS dataset of the visual cognitive motivation study in healthy adults

Data Brief. 2024 Feb 27:53:110260. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2024.110260. eCollection 2024 Apr.

Authors

Tustanah Phukhachee¹, Thanate Angsuwatanakul², Keiji Iramina³, Boonserm Kaewkamnerdpong⁴

Affiliations

¹ Computer Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10140, Thailand.
² College of Biomedical Engineering, Rangsit University, Pathum Thani 12000, Thailand.
³ Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
⁴ Biological Engineering Program, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10140, Thailand.

Abstract

This article described a publicly available dataset of the visual cognitive motivation study in healthy adults. To gain an in-depth understanding and insights into motivation, Electroencephalography (EEG) and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) were measured simultaneously at shared locations while participants performed a visual cognitive motivation task. The participants' choices in the cognitive motivation task were recorded. The effects of their motivation were identified in the recognition test afterward. This dataset comprised EEG and fNIRS data from sixteen healthy adults (age: 21- 37 years; 14 males and 2 females) during the cognitive motivation task with visual scenic stimuli. In addition, the motivation and the corresponding motivation effect were also provided. This dataset provides understanding and analyzing opportunities for the process of attention and decision while the brain undergoes an induced motivated state and its effect on the recognition performance.

Keywords: Educational neuroscience; Electroencephalography; Functional near-infrared spectroscopy; Intrinsic motivation; Memory; Visual cognitive motivation task.