Web-based experimental testing has seen exponential growth in psychology and cognitive neuroscience. However, paradigms involving affective auditory stimuli have yet to adapt to the online approach due to concerns about the lack of experimental control and other technical challenges. In this study, we assessed whether sounds commonly used to evoke affective responses in-lab can be used online. Using recent developments to increase sound presentation quality, we selected 15 commonly used sound stimuli and assessed their impact on valence and arousal states in a web-based experiment. Our results reveal good inter-rater and test-retest reliabilities, with results comparable to in-lab studies. Additionally, we compared a variety of previously used unpleasant stimuli, allowing us to identify the most aversive among these sounds. Our findings demonstrate that affective sounds can be reliably delivered through web-based platforms, which help facilitate the development of new auditory paradigms for affective online experiments.

基于网络的实验测试在心理学和认知神经科学领域呈指数级增长。然而，由于担心缺乏实验控制和其他技术挑战，涉及情感听觉刺激的范式尚未适应在线方法。在这项研究中，我们评估了实验室中常用来唤起情感反应的声音是否可以在线使用。利用最近的发展来提高声音呈现质量，我们选择了 15 种常用的声音刺激，并在基于网络的实验中评估了它们对效价和唤醒状态的影响。我们的结果显示出良好的评估者间和重测可靠性，其结果可与实验室研究相媲美。此外，我们比较了各种以前使用过的令人不快的刺激，使我们能够识别出这些声音中最令人厌恶的声音。