# Introduction This page hosts the Socio-Moral Image Database (SMID), a large, systematically validated stimulus set designed for psychological, neuroscienctific, and computational studies of social, moral and emotional processes. The SMID currently contains 2,941 freely available photographic images, representing a wide range of morally (and affectively) positive, negative and neutral content. This repository hosts the images in the SMID, along with a range of other resources that may be useful to SMID users. For further information, see the wiki pages for the individual project components. # Development and validation ## Publications This section lists the key technical publications that report the details of the development and validation of the SMID. If using the SMID for your own research, please cite the appropriate publication(s) according to the data / components that you use. - Crone, D. L., Bode, S., Murawski, C., & Laham, S. M. (2018). The Socio-Moral Image Database (SMID): A novel stimulus set for the study of social, moral and affective processes. _PLoS ONE, 13_(1), e0190954. <http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190954> ## Future developments ### Projects in progress This section will list projects that are currently underway, aimed at further extending, validating or complementing the SMID. ### Feedback Development of the SMID is ongoing. If you have specific questions, suggestions or feedback regarding the SMID, you are encouraged to contact us at <socio.moral.image.database@gmail.com>. # Related work ## Other moral stimulus databases - McCurrie, C. H., Crone, D., Bigelow, F. J., & Laham, S. (2018). Moral and Affective Film Set (MAAFS): A Normed Moral Video Database. _PLoS ONE, 13_(11), e0206604. <http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206604> ## Tools for stimulus selection - [gasample](https://github.com/damiencrone/gasample): An R package for sampling stimuli using genetic algorithms - [sos](http://sos.cnbc.cmu.edu/): A MATLAB toolbox for stochastic optimization of stimuli # Disclaimer All reasonable efforts have been made to ensure that the images in the SMID are in the public domain or licensed under Creative Commons or similar open licensing schemes. For users of the SMID, please ensure that your specific use of images in the database is consistent with the licenses for the specific images that you use. If you believe an image has been included that constitutes a copyright infringement or breach of an agreed license or contract, please contact <socio.moral.image.database@gmail.com>.