Description of cognitive tasks and resting-state recording. Source: Gaut et al. (2019).
| Task . | Runtime (s) . | Description . |
|---|---|---|
| Resting state | 360 | Subjects are asked to close eyes, relax, but stay awake and let their minds wonder. |
| Emotional pictures (Affect) | 360 | Photographs are presented, one at a time, slightly to the left or right of the center of the screen. Subjects are asked to indicate whether the picture is shifted to the left or right relative to a green dot at the center of the screen. |
| Emotional faces (Empathy) | 360 | Male and female faces are presented one at a time and subjects are asked to decide whether the faces are male or female. There are four task conditions based on emotions shown on the faces: neutral, happy, sad, and fearful faces. |
| Episodic memory encoding (Encoding) | 304 | Name and face pairings are presented on a screen and subjects are asked to determine whether the name and the face match well with each other on a 1–4 (poor to well) scale. Four face conditions are defined and used depending on whether the face is young or old and whether it is novel or has been repeated during the experiment. |
| Episodic memory retrieval (Retrieval) | 252 | The task is to remember the pairs of name and face used in the episodic memory encoding task and to indicate whether the face/name pair is from the previous task, new, or if the face is repeated but was paired with a different name. |
| Go/No-go | 360 | Images of single letters are presented and subjects are asked to push a button when the letter is one of A, B, C, D, E and not to push the button when the letter is one of X, Y, Z. |
| Monetary incentive delay (Reward) | 456 | The task is to press a button as quickly as possible when a cue (a white square) is presented on the screen. Subject wins/loses money depending on when and how fast they respond. |
| Working memory | 354 | A sequence of letters is presented. In the control task, a subject is asked to indicate whether the current letter is underlined. In the two-back memory task, a subject is asked to determine whether the current letter is the same as the one that was presented two letters ago. |
| Theory of mind (ToM) | 376 | Short stories and true/false statements about the stories are presented. Subjects are asked to indicate whether the given statement is true or false. |
| Task . | Runtime (s) . | Description . |
|---|---|---|
| Resting state | 360 | Subjects are asked to close eyes, relax, but stay awake and let their minds wonder. |
| Emotional pictures (Affect) | 360 | Photographs are presented, one at a time, slightly to the left or right of the center of the screen. Subjects are asked to indicate whether the picture is shifted to the left or right relative to a green dot at the center of the screen. |
| Emotional faces (Empathy) | 360 | Male and female faces are presented one at a time and subjects are asked to decide whether the faces are male or female. There are four task conditions based on emotions shown on the faces: neutral, happy, sad, and fearful faces. |
| Episodic memory encoding (Encoding) | 304 | Name and face pairings are presented on a screen and subjects are asked to determine whether the name and the face match well with each other on a 1–4 (poor to well) scale. Four face conditions are defined and used depending on whether the face is young or old and whether it is novel or has been repeated during the experiment. |
| Episodic memory retrieval (Retrieval) | 252 | The task is to remember the pairs of name and face used in the episodic memory encoding task and to indicate whether the face/name pair is from the previous task, new, or if the face is repeated but was paired with a different name. |
| Go/No-go | 360 | Images of single letters are presented and subjects are asked to push a button when the letter is one of A, B, C, D, E and not to push the button when the letter is one of X, Y, Z. |
| Monetary incentive delay (Reward) | 456 | The task is to press a button as quickly as possible when a cue (a white square) is presented on the screen. Subject wins/loses money depending on when and how fast they respond. |
| Working memory | 354 | A sequence of letters is presented. In the control task, a subject is asked to indicate whether the current letter is underlined. In the two-back memory task, a subject is asked to determine whether the current letter is the same as the one that was presented two letters ago. |
| Theory of mind (ToM) | 376 | Short stories and true/false statements about the stories are presented. Subjects are asked to indicate whether the given statement is true or false. |