Human-Created vs AI-generated Art on Immediate Psychological Responses

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Conditions studied: Psychological Well-Being

In brief

This online randomized controlled trial will evaluate the immediate psychological effects of a brief human-created animated art film. U.S.-based adults recruited through Prolific will be randomized in Stanford Qualtrics to view a human-created animated art film, view an AI-created comparison video, or to a do-nothing control arm. Outcomes will be assessed immediately after exposure.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07740148

Run by

Stanford University

People needed

4500

Starts

2026-07-31

Expected to finish

2026-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-08-04

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Resides in the United States
• Able to read and understand English
• Current Prolific participant
• Able to provide electronic informed consent
• Able to complete the study online using a computer or mobile device with internet access

You may not qualify if…

• Residence outside the United States
• Unable to read and understand English sufficiently to complete the study
• Does not provide electronic informed consent
• Prior participation in this study

Where it is running

• Stanford University — Stanford, California, United States (enrolling)
• Prolific Academic Online Academic Research Platform — Palo Alto, California, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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