Functional near-infrared spectroscopy visually evoked measurements and Autism Questionnaire score in adults and children

<p><strong>Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) visually-evoked data collected from healthy adults&nbsp;and children. We recruited a total of 40 adult participants (20 women, age: 31.05 &plusmn; 3.94 (SD) years) and 19 children (5 girls, age: 7.20 &plusmn; 3.01 (SD) years).&nbsp;Adult participants filled in the Autistic-traits Quotient (AQ) questionnaire, a 50-items self-administered report validated for the Italian version.&nbsp;The items consist of descriptive statements assessing personal preferences and typical behavior.&nbsp;Since child self-report might be affected by reading and comprehension difficulties, the children&#39;s version of Autism Spectrum Quotient (Italian version of AQ-child) was completed by parents.&nbsp;To measure changes in total Hb (THb) concentration and relative oxygenation levels (OHb and DHb) in the occipital cortex during the task, we used a continuous-wave NIRS system with&nbsp;8 red light-sources operating at 760 nm and 850 nm, and 7 detectors, forming an array of 22 multi-distant channels.&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>The dataset includes 2 &#39;.zip&#39; files containing artifact-free visually-evoked transients HDF data, exported from Homer 3 (https://github.com/BUNPC/Homer3) in &#39;.txt&#39; format.&nbsp;Subfolders correspond to different stimulation conditions, for details refer to this paper [preprint coming soon].</strong></p> <p><strong>Each txt file is named with the corresponding subject code and&nbsp;contains two events [tagged as 1 (baseline) and 2 (stimulus)].&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong>The file &#39;annotations.csv&#39; contains&nbsp;the following fields:</strong></p> <p><strong>Code [Subjects id name, that corresponds to the filename in the recording folders]</strong></p> <p><strong>Sex [M or F]</strong></p> <p><strong>Valid&nbsp; [1 or 0, 0 means excluded subject]</strong></p> <p><strong>Age [int]</strong></p> <p><strong>CH_exclude [list of excluded channels]</strong></p> <p><strong>CH_Red [ list of channels that did not passed the calibration step]</strong></p> <p><strong>Category&nbsp; [adult or child]&nbsp; &nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong>Cartoon_fixed&nbsp; [cartoon name]</strong></p> <p><strong>Cartoon_chosen&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;[cartoon name]</strong></p> <p><strong>AQ&nbsp; [global AQ score]&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong>AQ_S&nbsp; [&nbsp;AQ subscale social ]&nbsp; &nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong>AQ_C&nbsp;&nbsp;[&nbsp;AQ subscale communication ]&nbsp; &nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong>AQ_A&nbsp;&nbsp;[&nbsp;AQ subscale attention]&nbsp; &nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong>AQ_D&nbsp;&nbsp;[&nbsp;AQ subscale detail]&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong>AQ_I&nbsp;[&nbsp;AQ subscale imagination]&nbsp;</strong><br> &nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>