Abstract

The Chieti Affective Action Videos (CAAV) is a new database designed for the experimental study of emotions in psychology. The main goal of the CAAV is to provide a wide range of standardized stimuli based on two emotional dimensions: valence and arousal. The CAAV is the first database to present emotional stimuli through videos of actions filmed and developed specifically for experimental research. 444 young adults were recruited to evaluate this database, which consisted of a sub-set of 90 actions filmed in four versions, for a total of 360 videos. The four versions differ based on the gender of the main actor (male or female) and in the perspective in which each action was shot (first-person or third-person). CAAV validation procedure highlighted a distribution of different stimuli based on valence and arousal indexes. The material provided by CAAV can be used in future experimental studies investigating the role of emotions, perception, attention, and memory in addition to the study of differences between gender and perspective taking.

Measurement(s)

emotion/affect behavior trait • valence • arousal domain measurement

Technology Type(s)

video

Factor Type(s)

age • sex

Sample Characteristic - Organism

Homo sapiens

Machine-accessible metadata file describing the reported data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.11448795

Details

Title
The Chieti Affective Action Videos database, a resource for the study of emotions in psychology
Author
Di Crosta Adolfo 1 ; La Malva Pasquale 2 ; Manna, Claudio 2 ; Marin, Anna 3 ; Palumbo Rocco 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Verrocchio, Maria Cristina 2 ; Cortini Michela 2 ; Mammarella Nicola 2 ; Di, Domenico Alberto 2 

1  University G. d’Annunzio - Via dei Vestini, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Science, Chieti, Italy (GRID:grid.412451.7) (ISNI:0000 0001 2181 4941); University G. d’Annunzio - Via dei Vestini, Department of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences (DiSPUTer), Chieti, Italy (GRID:grid.412451.7) (ISNI:0000 0001 2181 4941) 
2  University G. d’Annunzio - Via dei Vestini, Department of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences (DiSPUTer), Chieti, Italy (GRID:grid.412451.7) (ISNI:0000 0001 2181 4941) 
3  Boston University, Department of Neurology, Boston, USA (GRID:grid.189504.1) (ISNI:0000 0004 1936 7558) 
Publication year
2020
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20524463
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0366-1
ProQuest document ID
2489907859
Copyright
© This is a U.S. government work and not under copyright protection in the U.S.; foreign copyright protection may apply 2020. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.