Comparative EEG of Vocalization Sensitivity in Humans, Dogs, and Pigs

Event-related potential (ERP) recordings from 20 humans, 38 dogs, and 11 pigs listening to human, dog, pig, and non-vocal sounds. The dataset includes raw EEG data and analysis files, totaling 4.5 GB, and was published by Boglárka Morvai on figshare in April 2026. It captures neural responses to vocalizations across three phylogenetically distant mammal species.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal characteristics of general vocalization sensitivity based on ERP differences between any vocalizations and non-vocal sounds.
• Investigating conspecific vocalization sensitivity based on ERP differences between conspecific vocalizations and other sounds.
• Comparing evolutionarily conserved neural mechanisms across species based on ERP time windows specified in the description.
• Training models for classifying neural responses to different sound categories based on the described ERP components.

Strengths

• Includes data from three distinct mammal species (20 humans, 38 dogs, 11 pigs) for cross-species comparison.
• Contains raw electrophysiological data in multiple formats (MAT, R, CNT, EEG, VHDR, etc.) totaling 4.5 GB.
• Specific ERP time windows for general and conspecific vocalization sensitivities are provided for each species.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for certain analyses.
• Data may reflect bias inherent to the specific experimental setup and subject selection.

Provenance

Source

Boglárka Morvai via figshare.

Collection Method

Non-invasive electrophysiology (EEG) recordings of event-related potentials.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-19 13:37:13; freshness should be verified.