The Role of Collative Variables in Aesthetic Experiences

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuela Marin
Keyword(s):  
Visual Arts ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Aesthetic Response ◽  
Aesthetic Experiences ◽  
Aesthetic Responses ◽  
Experimental Aesthetics ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Music Literature ◽  
Stimulus Features

Daniel Berlyne and his New Experimental Aesthetics have largely shaped the field since the 1970s by putting the study of collative variables related to stimulus features in the foreground, embedded in the context of motivation, arousal, and reward. Researchers from various fields have extensively studied the role of novelty, surprise, complexity, and ambiguity in aesthetic responses since then, employing a wide range of behavioral, computational, and neuroscientific methods. These studies have been conducted in different sensory and artistic domains, such as in music, literature, and the visual arts. The insights gained from these efforts are very promising from a broader theoretical perspective, and have opened up new avenues of research going beyond Berlyne’s psychobiological model of aesthetic response, leading to manifold applications in several practical fields.

scholarly journals Exploring a Curricula of Visual and Poetic Aesthetics / Exploration de programmes d’esthétisme visuel et poétique

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-59
Author(s):  
Kelly Young
Keyword(s):  
Visual Arts ◽  
Arts Education ◽  
Nous Pouvons ◽  
Formation Initiale ◽  
Aesthetic Responses ◽  
Pre Service Teacher Education ◽  
Future Direction ◽  
Poetic Response ◽  
Pre Service Teacher

Abstract: In this article, I explore the role of visual arts in shaping the future direction of the literary arts in my pre-service teacher education classroom. I outline a cross-curricular curriculum by exploring a theoretical and practical relationship between visual and poetic aesthetics. Drawing upon the imagination, we are able to become critical storytellers as we engage in ekphrastic poetics, that is—a poetic response to a form of art. Ultimately, we modify and expand on the practice to include responses to photography or works of art—that are themselves aesthetic responses. Key words: Arts; Education; Imagination; Ekphrastic Poetics; Curriculum. Résumé : J’analyse dans cet article le rôle des arts visuels dans l’orientation future des arts littéraires dans le contexte de ma classe de formation initiale des enseignants. Je donne un aperçu d’un programme transdisciplinaire en analysant le lien théorique et pratique entre l’esthétisme visuel et l’esthétisme poétique. Nous pouvons, grâce à l’imagination, devenir des raconteurs critiques par le biais de la poésie ekphrasique, c’est-à-dire par le biais d’une réaction poétique vis-à-vis une forme d’art. En bout de ligne, nous modifions et élargissons la pratique pour y inclure les réactions face à la photographie ou à des œuvres d’art, qui sont elles-mêmes des interprétations esthétiques.Mots-clés : arts, éducation, imagination, poésie ekphrasique, curriculum.

Cognitive Constraints on the Visual Arts: An Empirical Study of the Role of Perceived Intentions in Appreciation Judgements

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 115-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin L. Barrett ◽  
Jean-Luc Jucker
Keyword(s):  
Visual Arts ◽  
Relevance Theory ◽  
Fine Art ◽  
Art Appreciation ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
Cognitive Constraints ◽  
Symbolic Communication ◽  
Works Of Art ◽  
Wide Range

AbstractWhat influences people’s appreciation of works of art? In this paper, we provide a new cognitive approach to this big question, and the first empirical results in support of it. As a work of art typically does not activate intuitive cognition for functional artefacts, it is represented as an instance of non-verbal symbolic communication. By application of Sperber and Wilson’s (1986/1995) Relevance Theory of communication, we hypothesize that understanding the artist’s intention plays a crucial role in intuitive art appreciation judgements. About 60 works of fine art, representing a wide range of periods, genres and styles, were selected in the permanent exhibitions at Tate Britain in London, and rated by more than 500 visitors for goodness and understanding of the artist’s intention. Results suggest that works of art whose artist’s intention is easy to understand tend to be preferred over those with more obscure intentions, even when controlling for familiarity effects.

The Empirical Aesthetics of Music

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elvira Brattico
Keyword(s):  
Aesthetic Experience ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Neural Mechanisms ◽  
Psychological Processes ◽  
Aesthetic Response ◽  
Evaluative Judgments ◽  
Aesthetic Responses ◽  
Stimulus Features ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The Individual

This chapter provides a structured overview of studies accounting for the aesthetic responses to music. Bottom-up accounts linking preference with determined stimulus features are distinguished from other cognitivist, emotivist, or contextual accounts putting more weight on nonappearance properties related to the individual life experience. Additionally, models of the musical aesthetic experience that emphasize psychological processes are illustrated as distinct from models that account also for the neural mechanisms involved. While most findings concentrate on the aesthetic response of pleasure or preference, fresh efforts are projected toward understanding other aesthetically tinged dimensions such as evaluative judgments and attitudes. Naturalistic approaches are promising toward understanding from the daily drive to musical activities to the life-changing peak experiences of music.

scholarly journals Looking, liking and locating: an experimental aesthetics of orienting

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Babo-Rebelo ◽  
Eoin Travers ◽  
Patrick Haggard
Keyword(s):  
Aesthetic Experience ◽  
Subjective Evaluation ◽  
Spatial Representations ◽  
Virtual Museum ◽  
Aesthetic Experiences ◽  
Experimental Aesthetics ◽  
Heading Direction ◽  
Museum Design ◽  
Arousal Effect

Memory for object location has been extensively studied, but little is known about the role of subjective evaluation of objects. We investigated how aesthetic experience could incidentally modulate memory of location. 96 participants (86 tested at science festivals, 10 at the laboratory) visited a virtual museum, not knowing they would later be tested on spatial memory. Afterwards, they reported how much they liked each painting, and located it on the museum map. Participants remembered better the location of paintings that created strong aesthetic experiences, whether positive or negative, suggesting an arousal effect. Liking a painting increased the ability to recall on which wall the painting was hung. Since recalling the wall requires recalling heading direction, this finding suggests positive aesthetic experience enhances first-person spatial representations. Aesthetic experience of stimuli can shape the cognitive map. These results may have implications for museum design.

The role of nursing in the rehabilitation of acute stroke patients: Toward a unified theoretical perspective

Pflege ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-27
Author(s):  
Marit Kirkevold
Keyword(s):  
Acute Stroke ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Stroke Patients ◽  
Role Of Nursing ◽  
Rolle Der Pflegenden

Eine Übersicht der bestehenden Literatur weist auf Unsicherheiten bezüglich der spezifischen Rolle der Pflegenden in der Rehabilitation von Hirnschlagpatientinnen und -patienten hin. Es existieren zwei unterschiedliche Begrifflichkeiten für die Rolle der Pflegenden, keine davon bezieht sich auf spezifische Rehabilitationsziele oder Patientenergebnisse. Ein anfänglicher theoretischer Beitrag der Rolle der Pflege in der Genesung vom Hirnschlag wird als Struktur unterbreitet, um die therapeutischen Aspekte der Pflege im Koordinieren, Erhalten und Üben zu vereinen. Bestehende Literatur untermauert diesen Beitrag. Weitere Forschung ist jedoch notwendig, um den spezifischen Inhalt und Fokus der Pflege in der Genesung bei Hirnschlag zu entwickeln.

Response Interference as a Mechanism Underlying Implicit Measures

2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 218-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bertram Gawronski ◽  
Roland Deutsch ◽  
Etienne P. LeBel ◽  
Kurt R. Peters
Keyword(s):  
Task Performance ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Implicit Measures ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Response Interference ◽  
Relevant Evidence ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Stimulus Features ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms

Over the last decade, implicit measures of mental associations (e.g., Implicit Association Test, sequential priming) have become increasingly popular in many areas of psychological research. Even though successful applications provide preliminary support for the validity of these measures, their underlying mechanisms are still controversial. The present article addresses the role of a particular mechanism that is hypothesized to mediate the influence of activated associations on task performance in many implicit measures: response interference (RI). Based on a review of relevant evidence, we argue that RI effects in implicit measures depend on participants’ attention to association-relevant stimulus features, which in turn can influence the reliability and the construct validity of these measures. Drawing on a moderated-mediation model (MMM) of task performance in RI paradigms, we provide several suggestions on how to address these problems in research using implicit measures.

Don't go with your gut: Exploring the role of motivation in aesthetic experiences.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian C. Steciuch ◽  
Ryan D. Kopatich ◽  
Daniel P. Feller ◽  
Amanda M. Durik ◽  
Keith Millis
Keyword(s):  
Aesthetic Experiences

The Problem of Identifying and Modeling the Relationship between Monetary Factor and Inflation in the Russian Economy

2008 ◽  
pp. 61-76
Author(s):  
A. Porshakov ◽  
A. Ponomarenko
Keyword(s):  
Money Supply ◽  
Money Demand ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Complex Approach ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Supply Side Factors

The role of monetary factor in generating inflationary processes in Russia has stimulated various debates in social and scientific circles for a relatively long time. The authors show that identification of the specificity of relationship between money and inflation requires a complex approach based on statistical modeling and involving a wide range of indicators relevant for the price changes in the economy. As a result a model of inflation for Russia implying the decomposition of inflation dynamics into demand-side and supply-side factors is suggested. The main conclusion drawn is that during the recent years the volume of inflationary pressures in the Russian economy has been determined by the deviation of money supply from money demand, rather than by money supply alone. At the same time, monetary factor has a long-run spread over time impact on inflation.

Introduction: Emotion, History and the Arts

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin Sullivan ◽  
Marie Louise Herzfeld-Schild
Keyword(s):  
Historical Change ◽  
Carson Mccullers ◽  
Emotional Life ◽  
Review Section ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
War Correspondents ◽  
History Of ◽  
Johan Huizinga

This introduction surveys the rise of the history of emotions as a field and the role of the arts in such developments. Reflecting on the foundational role of the arts in the early emotion-oriented histories of Johan Huizinga and Jacob Burkhardt, as well as the concerns about methodological impressionism that have sometimes arisen in response to such studies, the introduction considers how intensive engagements with the arts can open up new insights into past emotions while still being historically and theoretically rigorous. Drawing on a wide range of emotionally charged art works from different times and places—including the novels of Carson McCullers and Harriet Beecher-Stowe, the private poetry of neo-Confucian Chinese civil servants, the photojournalism of twentieth-century war correspondents, and music from Igor Stravinsky to the Beatles—the introduction proposes five ways in which art in all its forms contributes to emotional life and consequently to emotional histories: first, by incubating deep emotional experiences that contribute to formations of identity; second, by acting as a place for the expression of private or deviant emotions; third, by functioning as a barometer of wider cultural and attitudinal change; fourth, by serving as an engine of momentous historical change; and fifth, by working as a tool for emotional connection across communities, both within specific time periods but also across them. The introduction finishes by outlining how the special issue's five articles and review section address each of these categories, while also illustrating new methodological possibilities for the field.

Short Films from a Small Nation

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Claire Thomson
Keyword(s):  
Public Information ◽  
Industrial Process ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Documentary Films ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Short Films ◽  
Post War ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Art And Architecture

The first book-length study in English of a national corpus of state-sponsored informational film, this book traces how Danish shorts on topics including social welfare, industry, art and architecture were commissioned, funded, produced and reviewed from the inter-war period to the 1960s. For three decades, state-sponsored short filmmaking educated Danish citizens, promoted Denmark to the world, and shaped the careers of renowned directors like Carl Th. Dreyer. Examining the life cycle of a representative selection of films, and discussing their preservation and mediation in the digital age, this book presents a detailed case study of how informational cinema is shaped by, and indeed shapes, its cultural, political and technological contexts.The book combines close textual analysis of a broad range of films with detailed accounts of their commissioning, production, distribution and reception in Denmark and abroad, drawing on Actor-Network Theory to emphasise the role of a wide range of entities in these processes. It considers a broad range of genres and sub-genres, including industrial process films, public information films, art films, the city symphony, the essay film, and many more. It also maps international networks of informational and documentary films in the post-war period, and explores the role of informational film in Danish cultural and political history.

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