A new type of pictorial database: The Bicolor Affective Silhouettes and Shapes (BASS)

Claudia Kawai, Gáspár Lukács, Ulrich Ansorge

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Abstract

We introduce the Bicolor Affective Silhouettes and Shapes (BASS): a set of 583 normed black-and-white silhouette images that is freely available via . Valence and arousal ratings were obtained for each image from US residents as a Western population (n = 777) and Chinese residents as an Asian population (n = 869). Importantly, the ratings demonstrate that, notwithstanding their visual simplicity, the images represent a wide range of affective content (from very negative to very positive, and from very calm to very intense). In addition, speaking to their cultural neutrality, the valence ratings correlated very highly between US and Chinese ratings. Arousal ratings were less consistent between the two samples, with larger discrepancies in the older age groups inviting further investigation. Due to their simplistic and abstract nature, our silhouette images may be useful for intercultural studies, color and shape perception research, and online stimulus presentation in particular. We demonstrate the versatility of the BASS by an example online experiment.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)2558–2575
Seitenumfang18
FachzeitschriftBehavior Research Methods
Jahrgang53
Ausgabenummer6
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Dez. 2021

ÖFOS 2012

  • 501006 Experimentalpsychologie

Schlagwörter

  • Silhouette
  • Emotion
  • Datenbank
  • STIMULI

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