EEG Dataset of Exploring Navigation in Virtual Reality

Social exploration and spatial navigation involve shared and different human cognitive processes. While spatial navigation focuses on how people understand and interact with their physical surroundings, social exploration concentrates on how individuals perceive and engage in social spaces, particularly interpersonal interactions. Research in these two areas of psychology and neuroscience can help us better comprehend the cognitive exploration process and the underlying mechanisms of social and emotional interactions.In this study, we aimed to examine the rewards and punishments that individuals with different levels of anxiety encounter during spatial exploration, as well as the impact of social interaction on their navigation ability and desire to explore. To achieve this, we designed an EEG task where participants had to search for landmarks in virtual reality while receiving token rewards or punishments and facial feedback when interact with strangers.This dataset includes EEG recordings from 60 participants during a cognitive task. Additionally, it contains questionnaire responses, behavioral data, and trajectory data collected during the experiment.

社会探索与空间导航涉及人类认知过程的共性与差异。空间导航聚焦于人类如何理解并与物理环境互动，而社会探索则关注个体如何感知并参与社会空间，尤其是人际互动。心理学与神经科学在这两个领域的研究，有助于我们更深入地理解认知探索过程及社会情感互动的潜在机制。本研究旨在考察不同焦虑水平个体在空间探索中遭遇的奖惩，以及社会互动对其导航能力与探索欲望的影响。为此，我们设计了一项脑电图（EEG）任务：参与者需在虚拟现实（Virtual Reality）中搜索地标，同时接收Token奖惩，并在与陌生人互动时获取面部反馈。该数据集包含60名参与者在认知任务期间的脑电图记录，此外还涵盖实验中收集的问卷应答、行为数据及轨迹数据。