• Picture rating study: 57 younger and 48 older adults rated 48 pictures each from the same four emotional categories: arousing positive (12 pictures), arousing negative (12 pictures), non-arousing positive (12 pictures), non-arousing negative (12 pictures). There were two different sets of pictures; half of the participants saw Set 1 and the rest saw Set 2 (meaning we have ratings for 96 pictures in total, with each picture having been rated by at least 24 people). Both sets contained equal numbers of pictures in each emotional category and mean arousal and valence were equated across sets for each of the four categories. Participants made their ratings on the self-assessment manikin, just as in Bradley, Lang, and Cuthbert (2008). Lang, P.J., Bradley, M.M., & Cuthbert, B.N. (2008). International affective picture system (IAPS): Affective ratings of pictures and instruction manual. Technical Report A-8. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.<br><br>