SPACE - Stress and Physiological Assessment in a Controlled Environment

A total of 128 participants, consisting of students and staff from Université Laval, participated in the data collection process. Data collection took place from February 17 to June 23, 2025. 42 participants were exposed to the Multiple stressors condition, while 42 participants experienced the Social stressor condition. 44 other participants were exposed to the Temporal stressor condition. Participants who start with P0 (e.g., P025) are in the Multiple stressor group. Those who start with P1 (e.g., P125) are in the Social stressor condition group. Participants ID starting with P2 (e.g., P201) are in the Cognitive stressor condition. A Fossil Gen 5 smartwatch (model D10F1), a BioHarness Zephyr chest strap, and a millimeter wave (mmWave) radar (Texas Instruments IWR1443) were used to record physiological data. Audiovisual and location data recorded as part of the experiment are not included in the public dataset due to participant confidentiality.

The data collection procedure and organization of specific files are described in more detail in "data_description.pdf".

This work was made possible thanks to the technical support of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and financial support of Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC), as well as research grants awarded to S. Tremblay (National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, no. RGPIN-2022-04852) and to A. Marois (Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies, no. 342553).

Inquiries about the dataset can be directed to D. Benesch (danielle.benesch@thalesgroup.com) and S. Tremblay (Sebastien.Tremblay@psy.ulaval.ca).