The attributes of the images representing the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus affect people’s perception of the virus

• Celia Andreu-Sánchez ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Celia Andreu-Sánchez, Miguel Ángel Martín-Pascual

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: celia.andreu@uab.cat

  Affiliations Neuro-Com Research Group, Audio-visual Communication and Advertising Department, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Serra Húnter Fellow

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9845-8957

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• Miguel Ángel Martín-Pascual

  Contributed equally to this work with: Celia Andreu-Sánchez, Miguel Ángel Martín-Pascual

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Neuro-Com Research Group, Audio-visual Communication and Advertising Department, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Technological Innovation, Instituto Radio Televisión Española (IRTVE)

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5610-5691

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