EEGdashNeMARNM000246
Iss. 246 · 51 subjects · 153 recordings · CC-BY-4.0
Dataset Brief · Multi-day MI-BCI dataset (WBCIC-SHU) from Yang et al 2025

NM000246: eeg dataset, 51 subjects#

Multi-day MI-BCI dataset (WBCIC-SHU) from Yang et al 2025

Citation: Banghua Yang, Fenqi Rong, Yunlong Xie, Du Li, Jiayang Zhang, Fu Li, Guangming Shi, Xiaorong Gao (2025). Multi-day MI-BCI dataset (WBCIC-SHU) from Yang et al 2025.

51-participant EEG dataset — Multi-day MI-BCI dataset (WBCIC-SHU) from Yang et al 2025.

EEG · 59 ch1000 HzBIDS 1.9.0Task · imagery3 sessionsHealthyVisualMotor
Layer 01Study
What was asked
Hypothesis, independent & dependent variables, paradigm, cohort, and the editorial caveats around what the recordings can and cannot answer.
Layer 02Signal · BIDS
What was recorded
Sidecars, channels & electrodes, coordinate system, event semantics, and quality stats from the NEMAR pipeline when available.
Layer 03Training · ML
What you can train on
Recommended access modes — MNE Raw, braindecode windows, PyTorch DataLoader — plus the targets the metadata makes addressable.
§ 01Access · Get started

Quickstart#

Install

pip install eegdash

Access the data

from eegdash.dataset import NM000246

dataset = NM000246(cache_dir="./data")
# Get the raw object of the first recording
raw = dataset.datasets[0].raw
print(raw.info)

Filter by subject

dataset = NM000246(cache_dir="./data", subject="01")

Advanced query

dataset = NM000246(
    cache_dir="./data",
    query={"subject": {"$in": ["01", "02"]}},
)

Iterate recordings

for rec in dataset:
    print(rec.subject, rec.raw.info['sfreq'])

If you use this dataset in your research, please cite the original authors.

BibTeX

@dataset{nm000246,
  title = {Multi-day MI-BCI dataset (WBCIC-SHU) from Yang et al 2025},
  author = {Banghua Yang and Fenqi Rong and Yunlong Xie and Du Li and Jiayang Zhang and Fu Li and Guangming Shi and Xiaorong Gao},
}
§ 02Study · The README

About This Dataset#

Multi-day MI-BCI dataset (WBCIC-SHU) from Yang et al 2025.

Schema: HED 8.4.0 | Browse: https://www.hedtags.org/hed-schema-browser

Multi-day MI-BCI dataset (WBCIC-SHU) from Yang et al 2025

left_hand
├─ Sensory-event, Experimental-stimulus, Visual-presentation
└─ Agent-action
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Multi-day MI-BCI dataset (WBCIC-SHU) from Yang et al 2025

left_hand
     ├─ Sensory-event, Experimental-stimulus, Visual-presentation
     └─ Agent-action
        └─ Imagine
           ├─ Move
           └─ Left, Hand

right_hand
├─ Sensory-event, Experimental-stimulus, Visual-presentation
└─ Agent-action
   └─ Imagine
      ├─ Move
      └─ Right, Hand

Paradigm-Specific Parameters

  • Detected paradigm: motor_imagery

  • Imagery tasks: left_hand, right_hand, feet

  • Cue duration: 1.5 s

  • Imagery duration: 4.0 s

Data Structure

  • Trials: 39600

  • Trials context: 51 subjects x 3 sessions x 200 trials (2C) + 11 subjects x 3 sessions x 300 trials (3C) = 39600

Signal Processing

  • Classifiers: CSP+SVM, FBCSP+SVM, EEGNet, deepConvNet, FBCNet

  • Feature extraction: CSP, FBCSP

  • Frequency bands: bandpass=[0.5, 40.0] Hz

  • Spatial filters: CSP, FBCSP

Cross-Validation

  • Method: 10-fold

  • Folds: 10

  • Evaluation type: within_session

BCI Application

  • Applications: motor_control

  • Environment: laboratory

  • Online feedback: False

Tags

  • Pathology: Healthy

  • Modality: Motor

  • Type: Research

Documentation

  • DOI: 10.1038/s41597-025-04826-y

  • License: CC-BY-4.0

  • Investigators: Banghua Yang, Fenqi Rong, Yunlong Xie, Du Li, Jiayang Zhang, Fu Li, Guangming Shi, Xiaorong Gao

  • Institution: Shanghai University

  • Country: CN

  • Data URL: https://plus.figshare.com/articles/dataset/22671172

  • Publication year: 2025

References

Yang, B., Rong, F., Xie, Y., et al. (2025). A multi-day and high-quality EEG dataset for motor imagery brain-computer interface. Scientific Data, 12, 488. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04826-y Appelhoff, S., Sanderson, M., Brooks, T., Vliet, M., Quentin, R., Holdgraf, C., Chaumon, M., Mikulan, E., Tavabi, K., Hochenberger, R., Welke, D., Brunner, C., Rockhill, A., Larson, E., Gramfort, A. and Jas, M. (2019). MNE-BIDS: Organizing electrophysiological data into the BIDS format and facilitating their analysis. Journal of Open Source Software 4: (1896). https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.01896 Pernet, C. R., Appelhoff, S., Gorgolewski, K. J., Flandin, G., Phillips, C., Delorme, A., Oostenveld, R. (2019). EEG-BIDS, an extension to the brain imaging data structure for electroencephalography. Scientific Data, 6, 103. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0104-8 Generated by MOABB 1.5.0 (Mother of All BCI Benchmarks) NeuroTechX/moabb

§ 03Cohort · Participants

Cohort#

Dataset Statistics#

Age distribution by gender (n=51, range 29–29 yr, mean 29.0 yr)

25
Female · 45Male · 6

Sex composition

51
subjects
Female
45
Male
6
F : M ratio
7.50 : 1
88% female · n = 51 subjects with reported sex.
HandednessRight · 51

Channel counts: 59 ch (n=153 recordings)

Sampling frequencies: 1000.0 Hz (n=153 recordings)

Total recording duration: 98 h

§ 04Signal · Electrodes & trace

Signal · Electrodes & live trace#

Fig. 01 Signal & montage 59 ch · EEG · 1000 Hz · 51 subjects, 153 recordings
Live trace viewer — sub-13 · ses-2 · task-imagery · run-0

Showing one representative recording out of 51 subjects and 153 recordings in this dataset. Browse the full set on OpenNeuro; drop any other _eeg.{set,edf,bdf,vhdr} file onto the viewer (or pass ?eeg=<url>) to inspect it.

Electrode layout — EEG · 59 sensors — 59 channels

NEMAR Processing Statistics#

The plots below are generated by NEMAR’s automated EEG pipeline. The histogram shows pipeline success for data cleaning and ICA decomposition, the percentage of data frames and EEG channels retained after artefact removal, line noise per channel (RMS, dB), and the age/gender distribution of participants.

HED event descriptors word cloud HED event descriptors word cloud — NM000246
§ 05Manifest · BIDS tree

Manifest#

File Explorer#

Browse the BIDS file structure of this dataset. Records are fetched on demand from the EEGDash catalog the first time you open the explorer.

Recordings
Files
Subjects
Modalities
Click to load file structure…
Full dataset metadata table

Dataset ID

NM000246

Title

Multi-day MI-BCI dataset (WBCIC-SHU) from Yang et al 2025

Author (year)

Yang2025_Multi

Canonical

Importable as

NM000246, Yang2025_Multi

Year

2025

Authors

Banghua Yang, Fenqi Rong, Yunlong Xie, Du Li, Jiayang Zhang, Fu Li, Guangming Shi, Xiaorong Gao

License

CC-BY-4.0

Citation / DOI

Unknown

Source links

OpenNeuro | NeMAR | Source URL

§ 06API · Programmatic access

API Reference#

Signature
eegdash.dataset
class
eegdash.dataset.NM000246(cache_dir, query=None, s3_bucket=None, **kwargs)
Bases: EEGDashDataset
Author (year)Yang2025_Multi
Canonical
Importable asNM000246 · Yang2025_Multi
Sourceeegdash/dataset/registry.py · [source ↗]
class eegdash.dataset.NM000246(cache_dir: str, query: dict | None = None, s3_bucket: str | None = None, **kwargs)[source]#

Multi-day MI-BCI dataset (WBCIC-SHU) from Yang et al 2025

Study:

nm000246 (NeMAR)

Author (year):

Yang2025_Multi

Canonical:

Also importable as: NM000246, Yang2025_Multi.

Modality: eeg; Experiment type: Motor; Subject type: Healthy. Subjects: 51; recordings: 153; tasks: 1.

Parameters:
  • cache_dir (str | Path) – Directory where data are cached locally.

  • query (dict | None) – Additional MongoDB-style filters to AND with the dataset selection. Must not contain the key dataset.

  • s3_bucket (str | None) – Base S3 bucket used to locate the data.

  • **kwargs (dict) – Additional keyword arguments forwarded to EEGDashDataset.

data_dir#

Local dataset cache directory (cache_dir / dataset_id).

Type:

Path

query#

Merged query with the dataset filter applied.

Type:

dict

records#

Metadata records used to build the dataset, if pre-fetched.

Type:

list[dict] | None

Notes

Each item is a recording; recording-level metadata are available via dataset.description. query supports MongoDB-style filters on fields in ALLOWED_QUERY_FIELDS and is combined with the dataset filter. Dataset-specific caveats are not provided in the summary metadata.

References

OpenNeuro dataset: https://openneuro.org/datasets/nm000246 NeMAR dataset: https://nemar.org/dataexplorer/detail?dataset_id=nm000246

Examples

>>> from eegdash.dataset import NM000246
>>> dataset = NM000246(cache_dir="./data")
>>> recording = dataset[0]
>>> raw = recording.load()
__init__(cache_dir: str, query: dict | None = None, s3_bucket: str | None = None, **kwargs)[source]#
save(path: str, overwrite: bool = False, offset: int = 0)[source]#

Save datasets to files by creating one subdirectory for each dataset:

path/
    0/
        0-raw.fif | 0-epo.fif
        description.json
        raw_preproc_kwargs.json (if raws were preprocessed)
        window_kwargs.json (if this is a windowed dataset)
        window_preproc_kwargs.json  (if windows were preprocessed)
        target_name.json (if target_name is not None and dataset is raw)
    1/
        1-raw.fif | 1-epo.fif
        description.json
        raw_preproc_kwargs.json (if raws were preprocessed)
        window_kwargs.json (if this is a windowed dataset)
        window_preproc_kwargs.json  (if windows were preprocessed)
        target_name.json (if target_name is not None and dataset is raw)
Parameters:
  • path (str) –

    Directory in which subdirectories are created to store

    -raw.fif | -epo.fif and .json files to.

  • overwrite (bool) – Whether to delete old subdirectories that will be saved to in this call.

  • offset (int) – If provided, the integer is added to the id of the dataset in the concat. This is useful in the setting of very large datasets, where one dataset has to be processed and saved at a time to account for its original position.

Access modesMNE → braindecode → PyTorch → ML
.rawMNE Raw object — standard tools (filter, epoch, ICA, plot_psd).mne
DataLoaderWraps the windowed dataset into a PyTorch DataLoader; supports parallel workers and on-the-fly augmentations.pytorch
Zarr cacheOptional braindecode Zarr mirror for fast resume; persisted to cache_dir.zarr
Hugging FaceNo per-dataset mirror published yet — browse the EEGDash org listing for sibling datasets. See the datasets loader API.huggingface
Croissant 1.0Machine-readable JSON-LD descriptorNM000246.croissant.json (MLCommons schema, ingestible by PyTorch / TensorFlow / JAX).mlcommons
Examples using EEGDashcurated · start here

Swap any load_dataset(...) call for nm000246 to reproduce the tutorial on this dataset.

Citation

Banghua Yang, Fenqi Rong, Yunlong Xie, Du Li, Jiayang Zhang, … (2025). Multi-day MI-BCI dataset (WBCIC-SHU) from Yang et al 2025.

Provenance

¹Contributed to nemar in BIDS format.

²Curated & ingested by the EEGDash catalog; see CITATION.cff for canonical reference.

BIDS
BIDS 1.9.0
Sidecars
events · events.json · channels · eeg.json
Provenance
CC-BY-4.0 · DOI not on file
Machine-readable
Mirrors

See Also#