PsPM-SCRV9: Skin Conductance Responses to Visual Targets from 22 Participants

22 healthy participants (11 male, 11 female, aged 24.7±4.5 years) performed a visual detection task while their skin conductance was measured. The experiment presented a target red cross embedded in a stream of white number distractors, with 200ms stimuli spaced by 800ms intervals. This dataset, created by Dominik R. Bach at University College London, includes a baseline period with distractors but no targets, though a code error caused a discrepancy from the originally intended method.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between skin conductance and target detection based on stimulus presentation timing.
• Analyzing individual differences in physiological responses based on participant age and sex.
• Studying habituation or arousal patterns during repetitive visual stimuli based on the described distractor stream.
• Comparing physiological baseline measurements to task-evoked responses based on the described experimental structure.

Strengths

• Includes data from 22 participants with balanced sex distribution (11 males, 11 females).
• Provides specific participant demographics (mean age 24.7 years with a standard deviation of 4.5).
• Describes precise experimental parameters (200ms stimulus duration, 800ms inter-stimulus interval).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• A known code error introduced a discrepancy in the baseline period placement from the intended experimental design.

Provenance

Source

University College London

Collection Method

Skin conductance measurements collected during a controlled visual detection task in a laboratory setting.