Emotional Responses to Naturalistic and AI-generated Affective Pictures: A Systematic Comparison
Faith E. Gilbert, Fan Yang, Ethan Smith, Sarah M. Gardy, Andrew H. Farkas, Mingzhou Ding, Ruogu Fang, Andreas Keil
This study compares emotional responses to AI-generated and naturalistic affective pictures, finding that AI pictures elicit similar self-reported and physiological responses to original stimuli.
bioRxiv · Nov 3, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience