Entitling art: Influence of title information on understanding and appreciation of paintings

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 176-198

  Leder, Helmut ^a   Carbon, Claus Christian ^a   Ripsas, Ai Leen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aesthetic preferences; Art perception; Cognitive processes; Contextual associations; Entitling; Meaning; Visual

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ART; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; EMOTION; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; STUDENT; VISION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ART; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; EMOTIONS; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMES; PSYCHOANALYTIC INTERPRETATION; REACTION TIME; STUDENTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 30444452365     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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