A Multimodal Dataset for Investigating Working Memory in Presence of Music

We present the accompanying dataset to the study _" A Multimodal Dataset for Investigating Working Memory in Presenceof Music"._ The experiment is conducted with the aim of investigating the viability of music as an intervention to regulate cognitive arousal and performance states. We recorded the multimodal physiological signals and behavioral data during a working memory task called the n-back task while the background music was playing. We requested the participants to provide the music, and two types of music were employed with the calming and exciting content. The calming music was played during the first session of the experiment, and the exciting music was presented during the second session. Each session includes an equal number of 1-back and 3-back task blocks, where 22 trials are presentedwithin each task block. A total number of 16 task blocks are implemented in each session (8 blocks of 1-back task and 8 blocks of 3-back task). In this experiment,11 participants/subjects originally participated, while we removed participants/subjects with small modalities. The recorded signals are skin conductance (SC), electrocardiogram (ECG), skin surface temperature (SKT), respiration, photoplethysmography (PPG), functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), electromyogram (EMG), de-identified facial expression scores, sequence of correct/incorrect responses, and reaction time.