SSVEP database elicited by four visual stimuli types

The database consists of 108 electroencephalographic files from 27 participants performing a 5-target selection task. Each participant performed one experimental session. All datasets were collected on channels PO7, PO3, POz, PO4, PO8, O1, Oz, and O2, according to the 10–20 EEG electrode placement standard. For the visual stimuli, we consider the On-Off and Checkerboard patterns with luminance modulated by rectangular and sinusoidal functions, resulting in a total of four types of visual stimuli: Checkerboard pattern with the rectangular modulated signal (Sxx-C.txt); Checkerboard pattern with sinusoidal modulated signal (Sxx-mC.txt); On-Off pattern with sinusoidal modulated signal (Sxx-mOO.txt) and On-Off pattern with rectangular modulated signal (Sxx-OO.txt), where "Sxx" represents the subject number and 01 <= xx <= 27. In each file columns 1 to 8 correspond to EEG data and column 9 corresponds to the marks channel. Each phase of the experiment block is identified with a marker. The phases of one experiment trial are Fixation(201), Target Presentation(202), Preparation(203), Stimulation(101-105), and Rest(200). Marker numbers 101, 102, 103, 104, and 105, encodes de target frequency applied during the "Stimulation" stage in a trial. They are associated with the stimulation frequencies as follows: 101 - 24 Hz; 102 - 20 Hz; 103 - 15 Hz; 104 - 10.909 Hz and, 105 - 8.57 Hz Files can be easily accessible with EEG-dedicated MATLAB toolboxes, such as Fieldtrip and EEGLAB.