CLIMATE BRAIN - Questionnaires, Tasks and the Neuroimaging Dataset
Abstract Climate change threatens human populations and ecosystems worldwide. Neuroscience research on this topic is emerging, but validated questionnaires, stimuli, and fMRI tasks remain scarce. Here, we present the CLIMATE BRAIN dataset, a multimodal collection of questionnaire, behavioral, and ne...
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| author | Dominika Zaremba Bartosz Kossowski Marek Wypych Katarzyna Jednoróg Jarosław M. Michałowski Christian A. Klöckner Małgorzata Wierzba Artur Marchewka |
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| description | Abstract Climate change threatens human populations and ecosystems worldwide. Neuroscience research on this topic is emerging, but validated questionnaires, stimuli, and fMRI tasks remain scarce. Here, we present the CLIMATE BRAIN dataset, a multimodal collection of questionnaire, behavioral, and neuroimaging data from 160 young, healthy Polish individuals. Designed to advance research on climate emotions and pro-environmental behavior, the dataset includes individuals with moderate climate change concern. Participants read anger and hope-evoking stories about climate change and made pro-environmental decisions. The dataset includes data from (1) various questionnaire measures, including the Inventory of Climate Emotions (ICE); (2) a neuroimaging task for measuring emotional reactions to standardized Emotional Climate Change Stories (ECCS); and (3) a neuroimaging task based on Carbon Emission Task (CET) to measure climate action-taking. For technical validation, we provide image quality metrics and show the evidence for the effectiveness of the tasks consistent with prior studies. To our knowledge, the proposed multimodal dataset is currently the only publicly available resource specifically designed to investigate human brain responses to climate change. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-56b465adc8014536a528d3d6cd2ac6f82025-08-20T02:55:21ZengNature PortfolioScientific Data2052-44632025-05-0112111210.1038/s41597-025-05038-0CLIMATE BRAIN - Questionnaires, Tasks and the Neuroimaging DatasetDominika Zaremba0Bartosz Kossowski1Marek Wypych2Katarzyna Jednoróg3Jarosław M. Michałowski4Christian A. Klöckner5Małgorzata Wierzba6Artur Marchewka7Laboratory of Brain Imaging, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of SciencesLaboratory of Brain Imaging, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of SciencesLaboratory of Brain Imaging, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of SciencesLaboratory of Language Neurobiology, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of SciencesPoznan Laboratory of Affective Neuroscience, SWPS University, Institute of PsychologyDepartment of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNULaboratory of Brain Imaging, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of SciencesLaboratory of Brain Imaging, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of SciencesAbstract Climate change threatens human populations and ecosystems worldwide. Neuroscience research on this topic is emerging, but validated questionnaires, stimuli, and fMRI tasks remain scarce. Here, we present the CLIMATE BRAIN dataset, a multimodal collection of questionnaire, behavioral, and neuroimaging data from 160 young, healthy Polish individuals. Designed to advance research on climate emotions and pro-environmental behavior, the dataset includes individuals with moderate climate change concern. Participants read anger and hope-evoking stories about climate change and made pro-environmental decisions. The dataset includes data from (1) various questionnaire measures, including the Inventory of Climate Emotions (ICE); (2) a neuroimaging task for measuring emotional reactions to standardized Emotional Climate Change Stories (ECCS); and (3) a neuroimaging task based on Carbon Emission Task (CET) to measure climate action-taking. For technical validation, we provide image quality metrics and show the evidence for the effectiveness of the tasks consistent with prior studies. To our knowledge, the proposed multimodal dataset is currently the only publicly available resource specifically designed to investigate human brain responses to climate change.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05038-0 |
| spellingShingle | Dominika Zaremba Bartosz Kossowski Marek Wypych Katarzyna Jednoróg Jarosław M. Michałowski Christian A. Klöckner Małgorzata Wierzba Artur Marchewka CLIMATE BRAIN - Questionnaires, Tasks and the Neuroimaging Dataset Scientific Data |
| title | CLIMATE BRAIN - Questionnaires, Tasks and the Neuroimaging Dataset |
| title_full | CLIMATE BRAIN - Questionnaires, Tasks and the Neuroimaging Dataset |
| title_fullStr | CLIMATE BRAIN - Questionnaires, Tasks and the Neuroimaging Dataset |
| title_full_unstemmed | CLIMATE BRAIN - Questionnaires, Tasks and the Neuroimaging Dataset |
| title_short | CLIMATE BRAIN - Questionnaires, Tasks and the Neuroimaging Dataset |
| title_sort | climate brain questionnaires tasks and the neuroimaging dataset |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05038-0 |
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