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SUBMITTER: Uhrig MK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4756121 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Uhrig Meike K MK Trautmann Nadine N Baumgärtner Ulf U Treede Rolf-Detlef RD Henrich Florian F Hiller Wolfgang W Marschall Susanne S
Frontiers in psychology 20160217
Pictures and film clips are widely used and accepted stimuli to elicit emotions. Based on theoretical arguments it is often assumed that the emotional effects of films exceed those of pictures, but to date this assumption has not been investigated directly. The aim of the present study was to compare pictures and films in terms of their capacity to induce emotions verified by means of explicit measures. Stimuli were (a) single pictures presented for 6 s, (b) a set of three consecutive pictures w ...[more]