Recruiting

Animated Art Film

Sponsor:

Stanford University

Code:

NCT07740148

Conditions

Psychological Well-Being

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Human-created Animated Art Film

AI-generated Comparator Film

Study Details

Brief summary:

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.

Conditions

Psychological Well-Being

Study ID

NCT07740148

Start date

Jul 31, 2026

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

Dec, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug 21, 2026

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 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

Exclusion Criteria:

  • 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

Study Design

Enrollment

4500 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Human-Created Animated Art Film

Participants view the brief human-created animated art film Thought of You.

experimental: AI-Created Comparison Video

Participants view a brief AI-created comparison video.

no intervention: Do-nothing Control

Participants do not receive any intervention.

Interventions

Human-created Animated Art Film

A brief, \~3min human-created art film featuring 2D animation, dance, song and instrumental music.

AI-generated Comparator Film

A brief, \~3min AI-generated film featuring 2D animation, dance, song and instrumental music.

Primary outcome measure

  • State Moral Elevation [ Time Frame: Immediately after assigned exposure, within the single study session (approximately 10 minutes after enrollment). ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Maya Adam, MD, PhD

6508393600madam@stanford.edu

Locations

Stanford University

Recruiting

Stanford, California, United States, 94305

Contacts

Maya Adam, MD, PhD

650-839-3600madam@stanford.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Stanford University

Last update posted

Aug 24, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Keywords

  • Animated video
  • digital human-created art
  • AI-generated art
  • moral elevation
  • social connection
  • empathy
  • hope
  • artificial intelligence

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Stanford University on 2026-08-24.