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.