stsw_BIDS

Description: StateSwitch fMRI

Please cite the following references if you use these data:

• Kosciessa, J. Q., Lindenberger, U. & Garrett, D. D. Thalamocortical excitability modulation guides human perception under uncertainty. Nat. Commun. 12, 2430 (2021).

• Kosciessa, J. Q., Mayr, U., Lindenberger, U. & Garrett, D. D. Broadscale dampening of uncertainty adjustment in the aging brain. Nat. Commun. (in press, 2024).

A static copy of the data for younger adults is also provided at https://osf.io/mgxqr/.

In case of questions, contact kosciessa@mpib-berlin.mpg.de or MPIB Research Data Management.

func/

IMPORTANT: Events are provided as stick regressors and exclude the first 12 volumes to reach BOLD equilibrium. Please make sure to discard the first 12 volumes during any analysis to correctly index the event timing.

The experiment was structured as follows:

Subjects performed a dynamic visual attention task (multi-attribute Task; MAT), and had to sample up to four visual features in a joint display for subsequent recall. Prior to stimulus presentation, subjects were validly cued to potential target probes. The number and identity of cues was varied to modulate the level of expected target uncertainty – and thus the contextually required encoding dimensions. Subjects performed 4 runs of 8 blocks each; each block contained 8 sequences of 8 trials with identical state cueing.

Each trial was structured as follows: Cue onset during which the relevant targets were centrally presented (1s), fixation phase (2s), dynamic stimulus phase (3s), probe phase (incl. response; 2s); ITI (un-jittered; 1.5s).

At the onset of each block, the relevant attentional target set was presented for 5 s. At the offset of each block, subjects received sham feedback for 3s.

anat/

Anatomical data cannot be publicly shared as per informed consent. If required, defaced anatomical data can be made available for research purposes only. Please send a request to Research Data Management rdm@mpib-berlin.mpg.de and submit a data protection statement.

fmap/

No fieldmap images were acquired.

General Comments

N/A

Known Issues

• 1126: no REST, no T2w
• 1172: bad T1w quality due to partial coil disconnect
• 1125, 1213 and 1214 were dropped as pilot subjects (no 1st EEG session or demographics)
• 2142, 2253, 2254, 2255: pilots
• 2131, 2237: runs 3 and 4 missing

• 2132: final volumes missing

• EyeTracking data and EEG rest are not yet included in this BIDS structure. Please contact kosciessa@mpib-berlin.mpg.de for access.

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