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The Impact of Pseudo-Profound Bullshit Titles on Memory for Artist-Created and AI-Generated Art Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-29 Almut Hupbach, Arielle Janger
Research has shown that pseudo-profound bullshit titles increase the perceived profundity of art. The current study asks whether this effect extends to memory. Participants rated the liking and perceived profundity of artist-created and AI-generated paintings, paired with mundane or pseudo-profound bullshit titles. Approximately 24 h later, participants completed an old/new recognition test, including
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Artists and Mate Preferences: The Effects of Being a Painter and Intellectuality Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-20 Ahmet Yasin Şenyurt, Bedirhan Gültepe, Elvan Kiremitçi Canıöz
This research investigates the influence of being a painter and intellectuality on mate preferences. Two studies were conducted to explore the relationships between being a painter and mate preferences. Study 1 analyzed 192 participants who rated painters, ideal partners, and themselves using a set of adjectives. Results revealed significant correlations between the cognitive abilities attributed to
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Audiovisual Associations in Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals: A Cross-Cultural Investigation on the Role of Timbre Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-17 Nicola Di Stefano, Alessandro Ansani, Andrea Schiavio, Suvi Saarikallio, Charles Spence
Several studies have investigated crossmodal associations involving audiovisual stimuli. To date, however, far fewer studies have explored the relationship between musical timbre and visual features (e.g., soft/harsh timbres with blue/red colours). To fill this gap in the literature, 249 participants were invited to judge the match between different coloured images and musical excerpts. The images
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The Cultural-Match Effect on Art Appreciation in Adolescents Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-16 Magdalena Szubielska, Robbie Ho, Natalia Kopiś-Posiej
The cultural-match effect on art appreciation refers to a higher aesthetic evaluation of artworks that match the viewers’ cultural background. The present study examines this effect in Western adolescents. We hypothesized longer viewing time (H1) and higher art appreciation (H2) for culturally matching (Western) than mismatching (Eastern) paintings. Representing three age groups (12–13, 14–15, and
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AI Performer Bias: Listeners Like Music Less When They Think it was Performed by an AI Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-15 Alessandro Ansani, Friederike Koehler, Lisa Giombini, Matias Hämäläinen, Chen Meng, Marco Marini, Suvi Saarikallio
Contextual information can shape the aesthetic judgements of music compositions. Recently, a study proposed the existence of an AI composer bias; namely, listeners tend to like music less when they think (or are told) that it was composed by an AI. In this online study ( N = 120), we used a cross-over experimental design to verify whether such bias extends to audiovisual music performance. The participants
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Examining the Ability of Digital Visual Art Engagement to Cultivate Empathy and Social Connection Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-13 Katherine N. Cotter, Christa T. Mahlobo, Brittany Smith, Suzannah Niepold, Adam Rizzo, James O. Pawelski
We aimed to impact social connectedness and perspective taking using visual art-based psychoeducational materials and skill-building exercises. Participants ( N = 381) were assigned to one of three conditions. Within the perspective taking condition, people took different viewpoints when viewing art. Within the social connection condition, people considered how art can help in reflecting on their relationships
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Evaluating the Temporal Effect of Image Features on Dynamic Aesthetic Experience of Generative art Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-13 Pu Meng, Zhuoyue Diao, Xin Meng, Liqun Zhang
The emergence of dynamic digital arts, such as dynamic generative art, has reshaped how aesthetic experiences can be studied, emphasizing their inherently dynamic and evolving nature. Within the framework of computational aesthetics, which seeks to model and quantify human perceptions of beauty, this study extends the focus from static to dynamic stimuli. We investigate the temporal relationship between
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The Cumulative Model for Empirical Research in the Arts: A Semiotic Answer to the Challenge of Interdisciplinarity Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-08 Héctor G. Gallegos González, Barend van Heusden
The empirical study of the arts would greatly benefit from truly interdisciplinary research. The diverse epistemic perspectives of the main disciplines concerned with researching the artistic experience (humanities, psychology, natural sciences) pose, however, a challenge to their collaboration. Rather than starting from a conceptual definition of art, we take a theoretical, cognitive-semiotic stance
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The Drawing Effect: Does Drawing Really Enhance Recall Memory? Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-12-12 Susanna Mykoniatis, Kaile Smith, Jennifer E. Drake
There is some evidence that the best strategy for remembering text-based information is drawing when using a mixed list design where participants both draw and write in the same list. There is also some evidence that the memory benefits of drawing are reduced when using a pure list design where participants draw or write in separate lists. In this study ( n = 91), we compared three encoding strategies
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The “Past” is Sweet: An Investigation into the Aesthetic and Affective Experience of Paintings Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-12-12 Yizhen Zhou, Hideaki Kawabata
This study explored the relationship between nostalgia and aesthetic evaluations of visual art in the form of landscape paintings. Participants evaluated a hundred different paintings for the level of nostalgia they evoked, their beauty, positive and negative valences, arousal, and familiarity. The results indicated an association between feelings of nostalgia and beauty. Furthermore, nostalgia correlated
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The Impact of Urban art on Wellbeing: A Laboratory Study Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-12-10 Margot Dehove, Jan Mikuni, Nikita Podolin, Helmut Leder, Elisabeth Oberzaucher
Art has proven be an asset in maintaining and enhancing our wellbeing. Following a recent field study, the present laboratory investigation assessed whether and to what extent an interaction with art in urban public spaces can positively impact experienced wellbeing. Participants watched videos simulating an interaction with a parking-lot-sized intervention decorated with art, greenery (active control)
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What Can Happen When We Look at Art?: An Exploratory Network Model and Latent Profile Analysis of Affective/Cognitive Aspects Underlying Shared, Supraordinate Responses to Museum Visual Art Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-11-15 Stephanie Miller, Katherine N. Cotter, Joerg Fingerhut, Helmut Leder, Matthew Pelowski
Art-viewing is a defining component of society and culture, in part because the experience involves a wide-range and nuanced configuration of emotional and cognitive responses. Precisely because of this complexity, however, questions of the actual nature, scope, and variety of art experience remain largely unanswered: what kinds of patterns do we exhibit, how do various components go together, and
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Symmetry and Meaningfulness in the Spotlight of Expertness Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-10-29 Bernadett Palko-Arndt, Cintia Bali, Aniko Illes
Empirical aesthetics focuses on understanding how perceptual features shape aesthetic preferences, with symmetry being a key aspect. However, recent studies show variation in symmetry preference across samples and stimuli. Our study aims to explore the boundaries of symmetry preference, particularly in relation to meaning, prototypicality and expertise in visual arts. With our stimuli we can test the
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Cultural Engagement and Subjective Well-Being in the Cluj Metropolitan Area: An Exploration in Cultural Commoning and Collaborative Development Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-10-23 Norbert Petrovici, Cristian Pop, Rarița Zbranca
We explore cultural participation's impact on subjective well-being in Cluj Metropolitan Area. Using telephone surveys, we identify a positive correlation between cultural engagement and increased well-being, mediated by cultural appraisal. Three primary participation types—active, receptive, and entertainment-related—are identified. Active and entertainment-related activities indirectly enhance well-being
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The Twofold Role of Subjective Fluency in Displeasing but Preferable Visual Artworks: Self-Report and Eye-Tracking analysis Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-10-22 Jinwoo Lee, Dayoun Choi, Joung-A Eom, Mijung Kang
Subjective fluency affects preference evaluation in daily objects through two routes: increasing preference (‘hedonic effect’) and amplifying valence effects on preference (‘amplifying effect’). Contrarily, empirical aesthetics suggest that contextual knowledge, the primary source of fluency, prevents valence-dependent appreciation, challenging the amplifying effect model. Here, we examined the dual
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Attitudes and Abracadabra: How Do Skeptical, Superstitious, and Paranormal Beliefs Predict Enjoying Performance Magic? Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-10-17 Paul J. Silvia, Sara J. Crasson, Gil Greengross, Maciej Karwowski, Rebekah M. Rodriguez-Boerwinkle
The growing psychology of magic field explores how spectators understand, appreciate, and experience this ancient performing art. The present research explored how skeptical, superstitious, and paranormal beliefs predict the enjoyment of magic. A sample of American adults ( n = 292) completed a measure of magic attitudes (the Loathing of Legerdemain Scale) along with many measures of (1) skeptical
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Revolutionizing Dance Education Through the Assessment of Online Videoconferencing to Increase Participation in Dance: Learning Philippine Traditional Dances Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-10-14 Joseph Lobo, Jem Cloyd Tanucan, Rhene Camarador, Al Azim, Edi Setiawan, Hans Freyzer Arao, Leanjo Fernando
The present study investigated the determinants affecting students’ actual use through the use of a video-conferencing platform, and how actual use affects dance engagement, for enhancing the learning experience in the domain of dance education, particularly Philippine Traditional Dances. Therefore, this predictive-causal study aimed to assess the effect of actual use (by adopting Technology Acceptance
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Remembrances of Paul Locher Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-10-14 Anjan Chatterjee, Helmut Leder, Marcos Nadal, Jeff Smith, Lisa Smith, Pablo P. L. Tinio, Oshin Vartanian, Debra Zellner
Paul Locher passed away on 20 August 2024. Paul was an outstanding scientist and a central figure in the field of empirical aesthetics. He made important contributions to numerous areas including the study of symmetry, balance, facial attractiveness, museum behaviour, artwork composition and restoration, and aesthetics of food, but in particular to the study of eye movements in aesthetic appreciation
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Generative Models for the Psychology of Art and Aesthetics Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-10-08 Aaron Hertzmann
This paper describes how computational generative models can describe aspects of the artistic process, and how these generative models can provide tools for formulating and testing psychological theories of art. The term “generative models” here refers to algorithms that can generate artistic imagery, video, text, or other artistic media, including techniques developed in both computer graphics and
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Art and Cooking Therapies on Mental Health and Well-Being: A Narrative Review Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-20 Rangchun Hou, Claudia Victoria Martinez Roa, Peter Bohao Yang, Jack Jiaqi Zhang, Benson Wui-Man Lau, Dalinda Isabel Sánchez Vidaña
Mental health is relevant to every individual. Poor mental health and well-being contribute significantly to personal suffering and a substantial burden on society. Art and cooking therapies in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are flexible approaches that emphasize engagement and growth to promote mental health and well-being, are easy to perform, accessible when needed, and can be self-administered
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Immersed in Art: The Impact of Affinity for Technology Interaction and Hedonic Motivation on Aesthetic Experiences in Virtual Reality Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-18 Hyunji Lee, Nara Youn
Viewing artworks through virtual reality (VR) offers a unique experience, yet understanding how individual traits and motivations affect this process requires further exploration. In this study, we empirically examined the factors influencing aesthetic experiences when viewing artworks in VR. We conducted two experiments using a between-subjects design with VR and 2D videos based on a virtual tour
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Students’ Personal Experience vis-à-vis Personal Interest Towards Philippine Traditional Dances with Respect to Dance Steps, Music, Costume, and Dance History for Preservation Endeavors: Does it Matter? Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-17 Joseph Lobo
The primary aim of this research is to investigate the immediate influence of students’ personal experiences and their degree of interest in traditional dances of the Philippines in relation to preservation efforts. Respondents for the study are students from a higher education institution in the Philippines. After obtaining data and performing multiple regression analysis, it was observed that overall
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The Death of the Author: The Case of art Market Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-09 Arsenii Pimenov, Valeria Kolycheva, Alexander Semenov, Dmitry Grigoriev
Recent evidence suggests that the artwork of an experienced artist is usually more expensive than that of a beginner. Additionally, the artwork of a man is often more expensive than that of a woman, and a painting is typically more expensive than graphics. However, this research aims to contrast the influence of the author's age and sex on the price with the influence of the artwork's material and
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The Effects of Titles on the Aesthetic Evaluation of Japanese Poetry Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-08-26 Shodai Maruyama, Tomohiro Ishizu
The present study tested the effect of title type on the aesthetic evaluation of Japanese poetry. Ninety participants read a Japanese poem presented with either a “descriptive” title, an “elaborative” title, or no title. Participants then gave ratings according to their aesthetic experiences on the poem. The results revealed that the title type significantly influenced the readers’ aesthetic evaluations
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“Awful Skinny Boys” – Male Musical Theatre Performers’ Experiences of Body Image: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Maria E. Carr, Elisa G. Lewis
Body dissatisfaction is likely to be particularly salient in aesthetically focused professions, including the performing arts. However, there is a paucity of research involving male theatre performers. This study addressed this omission by exploring how male musical theatre actors experience body image. Interviews were conducted with 7 male performers and analysed using reflexive thematic analysis
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What Makes People High in Openness to Experience Happy? The Mediating Effect of Arts Engagement Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-08-09 Maria Manolika, Thomas Jacobsen
Openness to experience is one of the least studied traits in relation to subjective well-being, despite its potential as a resource that enables flourishing. In this study, we therefore focused on this particular trait and examined whether its relation to subjective well-being is explained by receptive (Studies 1 and 2) and participatory arts engagement (Study 2) using data from the GESIS Panel ( N
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Gaze Preferences to Male Contrapposto and Non-Contrapposto Postures Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-26 Farid Pazhoohi, Oliver Lee Jacobs, Alan Kingstone
Contrapposto, an asymmetrical twisting of the hips and shoulders, has historically been associated with beauty and aesthetics in art. While the impact of a female contrapposto posture on perception of attractiveness and visual attention has been studied, its effects on males remain understudied. The current research aims to explore whether contrapposto postures in men influence perceptions of attractiveness
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Artists on Climate Change: Their Intended Impact and Audiences Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-21 Ulrike Hahn, Pauwke Berkers
There is a high interest in art's change potential towards sustainability. Yet, there is still a lot unknown about this change potential, including from the perspective of artists themselves. The research questions, thus, are: Do artists who create climate-related art have goals and target audiences regarding their climate-related work? If so, which goals and audiences do they aim for, and why? 30
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How Context and Painting Attributes Affect Aesthetic Judgment Across Expertise Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-21 Qin Li
Using a digital environment, this study tested how setting (museum vs. street), reputation (established vs. unestablished), and style (abstract vs. representational) affected people's aesthetic perception of art. Art novices, quasi-experts, and experts were randomly assigned to rate paintings that varied in setting, reputation, and style. Although there was no significant main effect of setting, follow-up
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Aesthetic Production in Clay Molding: Mental and Dynamically Embodied Action Mediate Between Formal and Material Aspects of Experience Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-31 Johannes Wagemann, Sarah Starosky
Aesthetic production, that is, the processing of material with a focus on the experiential and formal qualities of resulting objects and the process itself, encompasses basic dimensions of art, creativity, craft, and design. To explore these dimensions, we propose the Rubicon model of action phases as a general framework. Additionally, we introduce Schiller's aesthetics as an interactive account of
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Understanding Musical Beauty Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-17 Abbigail Marie Fleckenstein, Jonna Katariina Vuoskoski, Nicola Dibben
An exploratory study was conducted investigating the concept of beauty related to music listening—“musical beauty.” The study implemented an online qualitative questionnaire aimed to evaluate how listeners construe the concept of beauty, the pieces of music considered to be beautiful, and the intrinsic and/or extrinsic features that listeners attribute to musical pieces being considered as “most beautiful
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Is There a Timeless Truth for Good Arrangement of Paintings in Art Galleries and Museums? An Experimental Investigation of the Barnes Collection Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Katja Thömmes, Ronald Hübner, Gregor U. Hayn-Leichsenring
The Barnes Foundation is a traditional art collection and it is one of a kind as for the assorted hanging of the paintings. The sophisticated wall compositions by Albert Barnes were created as a tool for art education, and they have not been altered since 1951. Today, we are interested whether Barnes’ taste withstood the test of time. We asked participants in an online study to create their own hangings
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Aesthetic Dispositions, Aesthetic Engagement, and Meaning in Life Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Joshua A. Wilt, Julie J. Exline, Rebecca J. Schlegel, Aleksandra Sherman
Previous research revealed that meaning in life is related positively to psychological engagement with art (i.e., aesthetic engagement), such as interest in art, knowledge about art, awe around art, and supernatural attributions for art experiences. We extended this work by considering the relevance of dispositions toward aesthetics (i.e., aesthetic dispositions), such as openness to experience, creativity
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A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Aesthetic Preferences for Neatly Organized Compositions: Native Chinese- Versus Native Dutch-Speaking Samples Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Eline Van Geert, Rong Ding, Johan Wagemans
Do aesthetic preferences for images of neatly organized compositions (e.g., images collected on blogs like Things Organized Neatly©) generalize across cultures? In an earlier study, focusing on stimulus and personal properties related to order and complexity, Western participants indicated their preference for one of two simultaneously presented images (100 pairs). In the current study, we compared
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Interdisciplinary Art Learning Through Artistic Digital Game-Based Learning (DGBL): Evaluating Learning Outcomes and Processes Among Science and Engineering Students Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 SiBo Zhou, Norfarizah Mohd Bakhir
The field of interdisciplinary art education, particularly through digital game-based learning, lacks empirical research on the art learning process and the competencies gained along the process. To address this research gap, this study collects data through experiment and post-experiment interviews from 20 science and engineering college students who participated in a 1-month digital game-based art
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Emotional Responses to Music: The Essential Inclusion of Emotion Adaptability and Situational Context Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Marco Susino, William Forde Thompson, Emery Schubert, Mary Broughton
The link between music and emotion, as articulated from a cognitive perspective, assumes that music carries expressive cues that convey or induce emotional responses in listeners. Studies following this paradigm often investigate how responses converge or diverge among individuals, social groups, and cultures. However, results vary from one study to another, with few satisfactory explanations as to
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Unpacking the Antecedents of Word of Mouth and Electronic Word of Mouth in the Opera Sector: A Multimethodological Study Based on PLS and NCA Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Yacine Ouazzani, Haydeé Calderón-García, Berta Tubillejas-Andrés
This article examines the role of epistemic value, and social value on behavioral intentions and the relationship between these three factors as antecedents of word of mouth (WOM) and electronic word of mouth (eWOM) in the opera sector. The effects of these antecedents are investigated using a multimethod approach combining partial least square and necessary condition analysis. A quantitative study
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Music Preferences and Their Associations With Uses of Music and Personality Factors and Facets Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Ana Butković, Valnea Žauhar
In this study, we examined the associations between music preferences, uses of music and personality factors and facets. The sample included 449 participants (50% female, M = 23.59, SD = 2.14) who indicated preferences for international and regional music styles that were classified into Reflective and Complex, Intense and Rebellious, Upbeat and Conventional, Energetic and Rhythmic, and Regional preferences
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Bullshit (Sometimes) Makes the Art (Slightly) More Attractive: A Field Study in Gallery-Goers Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Arkadiusz Urbanek, Anna Borkowska, Wojciech Milczarski, Jarosław Zagrobelny, Jerzy Luty, Michał Białek
Vague, impressive language used in descriptions (bullshit) is thought to make art seem more profound and valuable to the viewer. We studied the effect during art exhibitions in real-life gallery-goers who saw paintings of four artists, each with either simplified, neutral, or bullshitty description. We crafted a typical description of each painting, which we later manipulated in terms of language.
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Some Effects of Sex and Culture on Creativity, No Effect of Incubation Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Nastaran Kazemian, Khatereh Borhani, Soroosh Golbabaei, Julia F. Christensen
Results remain mixed regarding the effects of incubation tasks on divergent thinking, a type of creativity, generally assessed via the Unusual Uses Task (UUT). Using a within-subjects design, we compared 64 participants’ performance on the UUT, after four different incubation tasks: copy a simple painting, copy a complex painting, 0-back-task, and rest. We hypothesized that an arts-related activity
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A Phenomenological Microgenesis of Art Experience: A Qualitative Study of Zero Mass by Eric Orr Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Bjarne Sode Funch, Stella Theodoraki
The aim of this study is to provide a phenomenological description of the art experience and by doing so, explaining why art is generally associated with an emotional response, but talked about in cognitive terms. The study is based on a microgenetic experiment in which the informants, prior to an interview, encounter a work of art by the American artist Eric Orr. The work consists of a pitch-black
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Wikipedia and Shostakovich Meets Goya: Elaborative Narration and Music Enhance Affect Derived From Art Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-04-24 Can Özger, Naseem Choudhury
We sought to understand the common interaction between music, information and visual art. The evoked affect of college students (N = 47, F = 35, M = 11, NB = 1) were measured via The Implicit Posit...
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Everyday Life vs Art: Effects of Framing on the Mode of Object Interpretation Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Marina Iosifyan, Judith Wolfe
Everyday objects have often been used in contemporary art since Marcel Duchamp introduced the concept of the ready-made. However, it is not clear how everyday objects are perceived in art contexts ...
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Do Prestige and Animacy Matter to Art Experts? Exploring Social Learning, Signaling, Perceptual, and Cognitive Explanations Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-04-11 Jan Verpooten, Sarah Delcourt, Siegfried Dewitte
Art experts generally perceive, process, and appreciate artworks differently from non-experts. Here we explored whether animacy of the content and prestige of the context of artworks matter to expe...
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On the Complexity of Literary and Popular Fiction Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-04-04 Emanuele Castano, Jessica Zanella, Fatemeh Saedi, Lisa Zunshine, Luca Ducceschi
Research findings in cognitive literary studies show that lifetime exposure to literary versus popular fiction has a differential association with social cognition processes such as psychological e...
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Detection of Emotions in Artworks Using a Convolutional Neural Network Trained on Non-Artistic Images: A Methodology to Reduce the Cross-Depiction Problem Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-16 César González-Martín, Miguel Carrasco, Thomas Gustavo Wachter Wielandt
This research is framed within the study of automatic recognition of emotions in artworks, proposing a methodology to improve performance in detecting emotions when a network is trained with an ima...
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The Aesthetic Emotion Lexicon: A Literature Review of Emotion Words Used by Researchers to Describe Aesthetic Experiences Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Emery Schubert
The emotions that can be considered members of the set of Aesthetic Emotions (AEs) is controversial. The present study investigated the terms used by researchers in peer reviewed studies to exempli...
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How Do We Move in Front of Art? How Does This Relate to Art Experience? Linking Movement, Eye Tracking, Emotion, and Evaluations in a Gallery-Like Setting Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Corinna Kühnapfel, Joerg Fingerhut, Hanna Brinkman, Victoria Ganster, Takumi Tanaka, Eva Specker, Jan Mikuni, Florian Güldenpfennig, Andreas Gartus, Raphael Rosenberg, Matthew Pelowski
Embodied cognition claims that how we move our body is central for experience. Exploring dimensions of bodily engagement should, therefore, also be central for engaging art. However, little attenti...
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Comparison of Audiovisual Components of Dance in Novices and Experts’ Aesthetic Interest Perceptions Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-07 Jeehyun Joung, Jeounghoon Kim
Aesthetic appreciation of dance is associated with external components of physical features and audiences’ subjective aspects, which can be explained by cross-modal integration. In this study, we d...
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The Influence of Demographic Factors on Word Usage in Texts Written About Artworks Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-02-27 Hyung J. Ahn
Research on text analysis has demonstrated that texts can reveal various characteristics of individuals, such as personality, preferences, or future behavior. However, despite its numerous applicat...
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Comparing the Perception of In-Person and Digital Monitor Viewing of Paintings Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-02-27 Eugene Han
In the context of rapidly developing technologies and widespread online access, it is important to understand how our perception of images on a computer screen may vary from traditional in-person e...
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A Trade-off Between the Artistic Aesthetic Value and Market Value of Paintings With Naïve and Childlike Interest Complex Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-02-22 Can Ma, Xiaowei Dong, Junbin Wang
This study investigated whether there are any pathways by combining the five dimensions (i.e., naïve image, imagination, story, interestingness, artistry) of the painting with naïve and childlike i...
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Exploring the Evidence-Based Driving Factors of Innovation in Arts and Cultural Organizations Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-02-16 Chuan Li, Vicente Coll-Serrano, Pau Rausell-Köster
Innovation in arts and cultural sectors is an emerging study. Exploring and identifying driving factors of innovation by arts and cultural organizations can help to understand the implications for ...
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“Listening” to Paintings: Synergetic Effect of a Cross-Modal Experience on Subjective Perception Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-02-13 Atara Isaacson, Amichay Assis, Esther Adi-Japha
This mixed-methods study focused on cross-modal change in perception of paintings, by coupling them with related musical pieces. 120 participants were assessed using an online form, distributed via...
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The Effect of Music Classes Conducted in Northern Cypriot Schools with the Kodály Approach on the Musical Development of Students: A Pilot Study Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-02-12 Neriman Soykunt, Sibel Çoban, Emine Kıvanç Öztuğ
The purpose of this research is to examine the effects of music classes conducted with the Kodály approach on the musical development of students. The research was carried out with the mixed method...
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Clustering the Raagas of Sankari Sangeet—A Computational Approach Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-02-01 Krishnarjun Bora, Manash Pratim Barman, Arnab N. Patowary
Raaga is the heart of Indian Classical Music. A raaga is an arrangement of 12 notes in the octave. Like Indian classical music, Sankari Sangeets which are composed 500 years ago are also based on r...
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The Effects of Psychotic Tendencies on Aesthetic Preferences of Paintings Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-12-18 Ivan Z. Stojilović
This study examined the effects of psychotic tendencies on aesthetic preferences for paintings. Although psychotic tendencies and related phenomena are often associated with creative achievements, ...
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Three Forms of Tears at Art Museums: A Phenomenological Study of Viewers’ Tear-Shedding Experiences Through Blog Narratives Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-12-12 Dooiee Kim
This study proposed that viewers’ experiential accounts of shedding tears in art museums in their blog narratives can help understand the distinctive characteristics of the tear-shedding experience...
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Creators Matter. Perception and Pricing of Art Made by Human, Cyborgs and Humanoid Robots Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-12-09 Paweł Fortuna, Artur Modliński, Monika McNeill
Not only does the art market include human and nonhuman creators, it also incorporates technologically augmented artists, called cyborgs. They use wearables, sensors, chips, and even new organs to ...
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Can Fashion Aesthetics be Studied Empirically? the Preference Structure of Everyday Clothing Choices Empirical Studies of the Arts (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-12-06 Young-Jin Hur, Nancy L. Etcoff, Emmanuel S. Silva
Despite fashion being one of the most common and accessible aesthetic activities in everyday life, very few empirical studies of clothing selection and preferences exist. To address this empirical ...