Research Datasets

Stimulus sets developed in the Laboratory for the Study of Social Perception of Emotions and available to researchers.

Haifa Set of Facial Expressions of Emotions (HSFEE)

Posed facial expressions of happiness, awe, surprise, and neutrality by 3 Israeli men and 3 Israeli women, photographed against a green screen. Validated in Hareli, Elkabetz & Hess (2019).

HSFEE — Details & Access

Body Weight & Emotion Expressions — AI-Generated Images

Photorealistic AI-generated images varying body weight and emotional expression, validated computationally and with human raters. Described in Hareli & David (2026), Behavior Research Methods (open access).

Body Weight Stimuli — Details & Access