Dataset of Speech Production in intracranial Electroencephalography

• Published in: Scientific data Vol. 9; no. 1
• Main Authors: Verwoert, Maxime, Ottenhoff, Maarten C., Goulis, Sophocles, Colon, Albert J., Wagner, Louis, Tousseyn, Simon, van Dijk, Johannes P., Kubben, Pieter L., Herff, Christian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 22.07.2022; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/378/116/2394; 631/378/2632/2634; 631/378/2649/1594; Animal models; Cognitive ability; Data Descriptor; EEG; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Humanities and Social Sciences; Interfaces; multidisciplinary; Muscles; Prosthetics; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Speech
• ISSN: 2052-4463; 2052-4463
• DOI: 10.1038/s41597-022-01542-9

Speech production is an intricate process involving a large number of muscles and cognitive processes. The neural processes underlying speech production are not completely understood. As speech is a uniquely human ability, it can not be investigated in animal models. High-fidelity human data can only be obtained in clinical settings and is therefore not easily available to all researchers. Here, we provide a dataset of 10 participants reading out individual words while we measured intracranial EEG from a total of 1103 electrodes. The data, with its high temporal resolution and coverage of a large variety of cortical and sub-cortical brain regions, can help in understanding the speech production process better. Simultaneously, the data can be used to test speech decoding and synthesis approaches from neural data to develop speech Brain-Computer Interfaces and speech neuroprostheses. Measurement(s) Brain activity Technology Type(s) Stereotactic electroencephalography Sample Characteristic - Organism Homo sapiens Sample Characteristic - Environment Epilepsy monitoring center Sample Characteristic - Location The Netherlands