The Aesthetic Aha: On the pleasure of having insights into Gestalt

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-30

  Muth, Claudia ^a   Carbon, Claus Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Aha insight; Ambiguity; Elaboration; Face perception; Gestalt

Indexed keywords

2300 HUMAN EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; 2320 SENSORY PERCEPTION; 2600 PSYCHOLOGY & THE HUMANITIES; 2610 LITERATURE & FINE ARTS; ADULT; AESTHETICS; AHA INSIGHT; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CREATIVITY; ELABORATION; EMOTION; ESTHETICS; FACE; FACE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GESTALT THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEASURE; TIME; VISION;

2300 HUMAN EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; 2320 SENSORY PERCEPTION; 2600 PSYCHOLOGY & THE HUMANITIES; 2610 LITERATURE & FINE ARTS; AESTHETICS; AHA INSIGHT; AMBIGUITY; ELABORATION; FACE PERCEPTION; GESTALT;

ADULT; BEAUTY; COMPREHENSION; CREATIVITY; EMOTIONS; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEASURE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84879159386     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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