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. 2017 Jan 7;6(2):1–14. doi: 10.1093/gigascience/giw011

Table 3.

Questionnaires and physical measures collected.

Questionnaires
Internal State Questionnaire (pre-scan, post-scan) 3-item self-report questionnaire assessing hunger and thirst. Participants respond on a visual analogue scale ranging from “I am not hungry/thirsty/full at all” to “I have never been more hungry/thirsty/full”. Responses are rated from 0 to 100. Participants complete this questionnaire before and after each scan.
New York Cognition Questionnaire (NYC-Q) (post-scan) 31-item self-report questionnaire that asks participants about the different thoughts and feelings that they may have had while in the MRI scan. Participants are asked to indicate the extent to which their thinking or experience corresponded to each item on a 9-point scale.
PANAS (post-scan) The PANAS-S is a self-administered, 20-item Likert scale assessment that measures degree of positive or negative affect. Users are asked to rate 10 adjectives that measure positive feelings such as joy or pleasure, and 10 adjectives that measure negative feelings, such as anxiety or sadness, on a scale of how closely the adjective describes them in the present moment or over the past week. Items are rated on a five-point scale.
Physical Measures Vitals Participant vitals (blood pressure, heart rate, blood glucose level, first day of last menstrual cycle) were collected prior to each scan using standard measurement devices in a laboratory environment.
Voice data samples Audio samples of participant speech were recorded prior to scanning. Each sample consisted of 10 sentences with 5 different implicit emotions (neutral, happy, sad, angry, fearful), 10 non-words, and 2 min of free speech. For each sample different sentences were drawn from the same set of emotions; the non-words also differed in each sample but had similar characteristics (ie number of syllables, chunks). Stimuli were presented on a laptop computer screen. Completion of the sample took up to 15 min.
Quotient ADHD System Quotient is a computer based task designed to assess three core symptoms of ADHD: hyperactivity, attention, and impulsivity. Participants respond to stimuli presented with random timing and random placement on a screen. Completion of the task takes up to 30 min.
GeneActiv Actimetry Device Between scanning sessions, participants wore a non-invasive actimetry sensor that recorded heart rate and indices of physical activity and sleep. The device was placed on participants’ non-dominant wrist and data was collected at each scanning session.