A model of art perception, evaluation and emotion in transformative aesthetic experience

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 80-97

  Pelowski, Matthew ^a   Akiba, Fuminori ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Cognitive dissonance; Cognitive processes; Emotional response; Perceptual development

Indexed keywords

EID: 79651471268     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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