Open Source Database
General Terms of Use
These stimuli are a free resource for the scientific community, and their accompanying information are available free of charge for non-commercial research purposes only on the condition that any publication or presentation that uses these stimuli are given the proper citation.
For any questions related to these stimuli sets, please contact us at ifsnlab@gmail.com.
Black Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (BRME)
To facilitate this research, we introduce the Black Reading the Mind in The Eyes task, a freely available 36-item Black RME task with an array of norming data about these stimuli. Stimuli have been created and equated to match the original Reading the Mind in the Eyes (RME) task which included only White faces. Norming data were collected in three waves that characterized the physical properties of the stimuli and also participants’ subjective ratings of the stimuli. Between each round of ratings, stimuli that did not equate with the original RME task or were not distinctly recognized as Black were removed and new stimuli were incorporated in the next round until we obtained 36 distinctive Black RME targets that matched the 36 mental states used in the original RME stimulus set. Both stimulus sets were similarly difficult and subsequent testing showed that neither Black nor White participants’ mentalizing accuracy varied as a function of target race. We provide instructions for obtaining the database and stimulus ratings
To download the Black Reading the Mind in the Eyes test, please fill out the following form.
Interracial Police Officer-Civilian Arrest Videos (IPOC)
Researchers investigating reactions to interracial police officer-civilian interactions are increasingly interested in utilizing more naturalistic stimuli. To facilitate this research, we introduce the IPOC (interracial police officer/civilian) Database, a freely available set of real-world videos of interracial officer-civilian interactions with norming data. These short, audio-less videos represent a range of interactions focused on the arrest (e.g., traffic stops, foot chases). To create this database, participants evaluated a set of 78 videos on the social category membership (e.g., age, race) of officers and civilians and aspects of the interaction (e.g., aggressiveness) and scene (e.g., neighborhood safety). Videos were then blurred in order to measure officer and civilian aggressiveness in the absence of race cues. Then, 38 videos were equated across multiple dimensions based on civilian race (19 Black, 19 White). The database includes all 78 videos, the subset of 38 equated videos, and ratings for open access use in future research.
To download the IPOC Database, please fill out the following form.