Virtual Reality,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
27(2), P. 573 - 589
Published: July 26, 2022
Abstract
Empirical
aesthetics
is
beginning
to
branch
off
from
conventional
laboratory-based
studies,
leading
in-situ,
immersive,
often
more
accessible
experiments.
Here,
we
explored
different
types
of
aesthetic
judgments
three-dimensional
artworks
in
two
contexts:
virtual
reality
(VR),
aiming
for
an
immersive
experience,
and
online
settings
setup
a
remote
audience.
Following
the
pilot
experiment
conducted
select
set
3D
artworks,
first
experiment,
participants
freely
engaged
with
via
eye-tracking-enabled
VR
headset
provided
evaluations
based
on
subjective
measures
experience
such
as
ratings
liking,
novelty,
complexity,
perceived
viewing
duration;
objective
duration
was
also
recorded.
Results
showed
positive,
linear,
mostly
moderate
correlations
between
liking
other
judgment
attributes.
Supplementary
eye-tracking
data
range
strategies
variation
durations
artworks.
second
adapted
short
follow-up,
converging
evidence
aspects
contributing
suggested
similarity
across
contexts.
In
both
settings,
further
insights
exit
questionnaires.
We
speculate
that
offer
ecologically
valid
experimental
contexts,
create
visual
arts
enhance
accessibility
cultural
heritage.
Acta Psychologica,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
224, P. 103506 - 103506
Published: Jan. 29, 2022
Poetry
evokes
emotions.
It
does
so,
according
to
the
theory
we
present,
from
three
sorts
of
simulation.
They
each
can
prompt
emotions,
which
are
communications
both
within
brain
and
among
people.
First,
models
a
poem's
semantic
contents
evoke
emotions
as
do
that
occur
in
depictions
all
kinds,
novels
perceptions.
Second,
mimetic
simulations
prosodic
cues,
such
meter,
rhythm,
rhyme,
yield
particular
emotional
states.
Third,
people's
themselves
enable
them
know
they
engaged
with
poem,
an
aesthetic
emotion
result.
The
predict
certain
emotion,
e.g.,
cues
basic
happiness,
sadness,
anger,
anxiety.
Empirical
evidence
corroborates
theory,
relate
other
accounts
poetic
Journal of Neuroscience,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
42(45), P. 8498 - 8507
Published: Nov. 9, 2022
The
neuroscience
of
music
and
music-based
interventions
(MBIs)
is
a
fascinating
but
challenging
research
field.
While
ubiquitous
component
every
human
society,
MBIs
may
encompass
listening
to
music,
performing
movement,
undergoing
education
training,
or
receiving
treatment
from
therapists.
Unraveling
the
brain
circuits
activated
influenced
by
help
us
gain
better
understanding
therapeutic
educational
values
gathering
strong
evidence.
However,
complexity
variety
impose
unique
challenges.
This
article
reviews
recent
endeavor
led
National
Institutes
Health
support
evidence-based
their
impact
on
health
diseases.
It
also
highlights
fundamental
challenges
strategies
MBI
with
emphases
utilization
animal
models,
imaging
stimulation
technologies,
behavior
motion
capturing
tools,
computational
approaches.
concludes
suggestions
basic
requirements
when
studying
promising
future
directions
further
strengthen
in
connections
circuitry.
SIGNIFICANCE
STATEMENT
Music
(MBI)
engage
wide
range
hold
potentials
for
conditions.
Comparative
studies
using
models
have
helped
uncovering
circuit
activities
involved
rhythm
perception,
while
imaging,
stimulation,
capture
technologies
enabled
neural
analysis
underlying
effects
motor,
affective/reward,
cognitive
function.
Combining
analysis,
such
as
prediction
method,
mechanistic
humans
unravel
disease.
Frontiers in Psychology,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14
Published: Feb. 23, 2023
The
aim
of
the
article
is
to
postulate
introducing
and
developing
positive
cyberpsychology
(PCyb)
as
a
subdiscipline
cyberpsychology,
which
emerges
at
intersection
psychology,
well-being
informed
design,
focuses
on
studying
determinants
human
through
interactions
with
via
technology.
presents
rationale
for
considering
emergence
PCyb
based
importance
research
transformation
people
in
era
progressive
digitalization
cyborgization,
growing
partnership
design
form
paradigms
ongoing
research.
Moreover,
it
highlights
need
reframe
dominated
by
study
“dark
side”
technology
integrate
increase
“visibility”
results
beneficial
effects
also
accentuates
opening
perspective
more
in-depth
analysis
process
than
one
existing
within
underlines
broader
plan
innovation
use
taken
into
account
psychology.
Lastly,
discusses
conducted
new
technologies,
consulting,
education,
well
possibility
strengthening
voice
psychologists
debate
about
future
humans
functioning
constantly
changing
technosphere.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
1520(1), P. 105 - 114
Published: Dec. 13, 2022
Abstract
Studies
conducted
in
rodents
indicate
a
crucial
role
of
the
opioid
circuit
mediating
objective
hedonic
reactions
to
primary
rewards.
However,
it
remains
unclear
whether
transmission
is
also
essential
experience
pleasure
with
more
abstract
rewards,
such
as
music.
We
addressed
this
question
using
double‐blind
within‐subject
pharmacological
design
which
levels
were
up‐
and
downregulated
by
administering
an
agonist
(oxycodone)
antagonist
(naltrexone),
respectively,
before
healthy
participants
(
n
=
21)
listened
Participants
performed
monetary
incentive
delay
(MID)
task
control
for
effectiveness
treatment
specificity
effects.
Our
results
revealed
that
intervention
did
not
modulate
subjective
reports
pleasure,
nor
occurrence
chills.
On
contrary,
psychophysiological
(objective)
measures
emotional
arousal,
skin
conductance
responses
(SCRs),
bidirectionally
modulated
both
music
MID
tasks.
This
modulation
specifically
occurred
during
reward
consumption,
greater
pleasure‐related
SCR
following
oxycodone
than
naltrexone.
These
findings
does
evaluations
but
rather
affects
reward‐related
responses.
raise
new
caveats
about
opioidergic
system
or
cognitive
forms
rewarding
experiences,
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
379(1895)
Published: Dec. 18, 2023
How
to
account
for
the
power
that
art
holds
over
us?
Why
do
artworks
touch
us
deeply,
consoling,
transforming
or
invigorating
in
process?
In
this
paper,
we
argue
an
answer
question
might
emerge
from
a
fecund
framework
cognitive
science
known
as
predictive
processing
(a.k.a.
active
inference).
We
unpack
how
approach
connects
sense-making
and
aesthetic
experiences
through
idea
of
‘epistemic
arc’,
consisting
three
parts
(curiosity,
epistemic
action
aha
experiences),
which
cast
aspects
inference.
then
show
arcs
are
built
sustained
by
provide
with
those
satisfying
tend
call
‘aesthetic’.
Next,
defuse
two
key
objections
approach;
namely,
it
places
undue
emphasis
on
component
our
encounters—at
expense
affective
aspects—and
closure
uncertainty
minimization
(order)—at
openness
lingering
(change).
offers
crucial
resources
open-ended,
free
playful
behaviour
inherent
experiences.
The
upshot
is
promising
but
deflationary
approach,
both
philosophically
informed
psychologically
sound,
opens
new
empirical
avenues
understanding
encounters.
This
article
part
theme
issue
‘Art,
aesthetics
processing:
theoretical
perspectives’.
Cortex,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
171, P. 223 - 234
Published: Nov. 7, 2023
Foundational
work
in
the
psychology
of
metacognition
identified
a
distinction
between
metacognitive
knowledge
(stable
beliefs
about
one's
capacities)
and
experiences
(local
evaluations
performance).
More
recently,
field
has
focused
on
developing
tasks
metrics
that
seek
to
identify
capacities
from
momentary
estimates
confidence
performance,
providing
precise
computational
accounts
failure.
However,
this
notable
progress
formalising
models
judgments
may
come
at
cost
ignoring
broader
elements
-
such
as
how
stable
meta-knowledge
is
formed,
social
cognition
interact,
we
evaluate
affective
states
do
not
have
an
obvious
ground
truth.
We
propose
construct
breadth
research
can
be
restored
while
maintaining
rigour
measurement,
highlight
promising
avenues
for
expanding
scope
research.
Such
programme
well
placed
recapture
qualitative
features
experience
psychophysical
rigor
characterises
modern
performance
monitoring.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
1488(1), P. 44 - 55
Published: Nov. 4, 2020
Abstract
Beauty
is
commonly
used
to
refer
positive
evaluative
appraisals
that
are
uniquely
human.
Little
known,
however,
about
what
distinguishes
beauty
in
terms
of
psychological
function
or
neurobiological
mechanisms.
Our
review
describes
recent
empirical
studies
and
synthesizes
behavioral,
cognitive,
neuroscientific
experiments
have
revealed
the
nature
beauty.
These
findings
suggest
shares
computational
mechanisms
with
other
forms
hedonic
appraisal
sensory
objects
but
distinguished
by
specific
conceptual
expectations.
Specifically,
experiencing
an
object
as
pleasurable
a
prerequisite
for
judging
it
be
beautiful;
qualify
beautiful,
must
elicit
especially
high
levels
pleasure
matched
internal
learned
models
counts
beautiful.
We
discuss
how
these
contradict
several
assumptions
beauty,
including
notion
disinterested,
Homo
sapiens
.
Empirical Studies of the Arts,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 8, 2025
The
empirical
study
of
the
arts
would
greatly
benefit
from
truly
interdisciplinary
research.
diverse
epistemic
perspectives
main
disciplines
concerned
with
researching
artistic
experience
(humanities,
psychology,
natural
sciences)
pose,
however,
a
challenge
to
their
collaboration.
Rather
than
starting
conceptual
definition
art,
we
take
theoretical,
cognitive-semiotic
stance,
analyzing
art
as
recursive
imaginative
sense-making
process.
This
provides
us
clear
picture
multilayered
structure
artistic.
As
it
acknowledges
innate,
learned,
and
semiotic
dimensions
that
together
are
constitutive
experience,
Cumulative
Model
for
Empirical
Research
in
Arts,
although
does
not
offer
practical
experimental
guide,
comprehensive
theory-based
framework
can
support
cooperation
across
research
arts.