Why we like to watch sad films. The pleasure of being moved in aesthetic experiences

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 130-143

  Hanich, Julian ^a,c   Wagner, Valentin ^a,d   Shah, Mira ^a,e   Jacobsen, Thomas ^b   Menninghaus, Winfried ^a,d  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HELMUT SCHMIDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EMPIRICAL AESTHETICS   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Being moved; Film; Negative emotions; Sadness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900863552     PISSN: 19313896     EISSN: 1931390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035690     Document Type: Article

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