Emotional Responses to Naturalistic and AI-generated Affective Pictures: A Systematic Comparison.

ABSTRACT: Pictures depicting naturalistic scenes are widely used in studies of human emotion. However, the practical use of affective pictures is limited by several factors, including the difficulty of obtaining content-diverse, high-quality, openly accessible, and standardized stimuli that are necessary for specific research questions. The use of artificially generated (AI) pictures could address this limitation, but it is unclear if AI-generated pictures evoke reliable emotional responses. The present study sought to address these challenges by comparing emotional responses to AI-generated pictures with responses to original, standardized, pictures. In two study iterations, standardized pictures containing pleasant, neutral, and unpleasant content were selected from the International Affective Pic

SUBMITTER: Gilbert F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12637600 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature