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NimStim Face Stimulus Set

The Research Network on Early Experience and Brain Development has developed a battery of 646 facial expression stimuli for use in its own and other studies of face and emotion recognition.

Images include the following expressions, displayed by a variety of models of various genders and races: fearful, happy, sad, angry, surprised, calm, neutral, disgusted.

We request that you include the following citation in your reference section of your manuscript:

Tottenham, N., Tanaka, J., Leon, A.C., McCarry, T., Nurse, M., Hare, T.A., Marcus, D.J., Westerlund, A., Casey, B.J.,  Nelson, C.A. (in press). The NimStim set of facial expressions: judgments from untrained research participants. Psychiatry Research.

We are making these stimuli available to the public free of charge. We require registration and acceptance of our terms and conditions to use the stimulus set.

By downloading the set, you agree  to use the images for research purposes only and agree to the following terms:

Only models #01, 03, 18, 28, 40, & 45 may be published, and these may only be published in scientific journals.  Researchers may not publish images from the remaining models anywhere.

View the NimStim FAQ

To download the NimStim, please send an email to faces@macbrain.org with the following information.

1.     the research institution information (address & phone)

2.    the names and emails of the laboratory head & PIs

3.    a description of the research study

You will be sent an email containing download instructions. Please contact webmaster@macbrain.org if you have questions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPONSORED BY

The John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation

The James S McDonnell Foundation