Mather & Nesmith (2008) pictures
This set of 72 matched pairs of pictures (each pair has one arousing and one neutral picture; 48 pairs are neutral-negative and 24 are neutral-positive) is available in three separate zip files for research purposes.
Highly arousing negative pictures with neutral matches.Moderately arousing negative pictures with neutral matches.
Moderately arousing positive pictures with neutral matches.
Mather, M., & Nesmith, K. (2008). Arousal-enhanced location memory for pictures. JML, 58, 449-464. PDF
Mather, Gorlick, & Lighthall (2009) driving game
This 5-minute driving game provides a measure of risky decision making,
as participants get points the more they drive during yellow lights, but risk
losing all the points if the light turns red while they are driving.
Driving game in Mac and PC versions.
Mather, M., Gorlick, M. A., & Lighthall, N. R. (2009). To brake or accelerate when the light turns yellow? Stress reduces older adults' risk taking in a driving game. Psychological Science, 20, 174-176. PDF
