GAUDIE - A Naturalistic German AUDItory Emotional Database -------- ![enter image description here][1] Since thoroughly validated naturalistic affective German speech stimulus database are rare, we present here a novel validated database of speech sequences assembled with the purpose of emotion induction. The database comprises 37 audio speech sequences with a total duration of 92 minutes for the induction of positive, neutral, and negative emotion: comedian shows intending to elicit humorous and amusing feelings, weather forecast, and arguments between couples and relatives from movies or television series. Multiple continuous and discrete ratings are used to validate the database to capture the time course and variabilities of valence and arousal. We analyse and quantify how well the audio sequences fulfil quality criteria of differentiation, salience/strength, as well as generalizability across participants. Hence, we provide a validated speech database of naturalistic scenarios suitable to investigate emotion processing and its time course with German speaking participants. Online Accessible Data -------------- - Audio Sequences of the Database GAUDIE via Link after signing the GAUDIE Statement of Use To request the GAUDIE Database for non-profit academic research purposes, please download and complete the GAUDIE Request Form. Please read the guidelines and requirements in the the GAUDIE Request Form, sign and date the form and email it to research_databases@mailbox.org. [GAUDIE Database Statement of Use and Release Aggreement][2] - Data of the Validation Study via Link after request per email To request the GAUDIE Validation Study data please write an email to research_databases@mailbox.org. Within 30 days of submitting your request, you will receive a response and in case of acceptance the download link. This link should not be shared, distributed, or linked to from another website. *Please ensure that you submit your request early enough to allow up to the 30 day processing time.* When citing the GAUDIE or the data of the Validation Study, the appropriate citation is: Lingelbach K., Vukelić, M., Rieger, J. W. (2023). GAUDIE: Development, Validation and Exploration of a Naturalistic German AUDItory Induced Emotional Database. Behavior Research Methods, [https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-023-02135-z][3] Correspondence -------------- Katharina Lingelbach, Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO, Nobelstraße 12, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany. Email: Katharina.Lingelbach@iao.fraunhofer.de [1]: https://files.osf.io/v1/resources/xyr6j/providers/osfstorage/648ab899dc523b0336db505c?mode=render [2]: https://osf.io/g9ca6 [3]: http://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-023-02135-z