What makes an art expert? Emotion and evaluation in art appreciation

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1137-1147

  Leder, Helmut ^a   Gerger, Gernot ^a   Brieber, David ^a   Schwarz, Norbert ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetic evaluation; Art; Emotion; Expertise; Facial EMG; IAPS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ART; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PAINTING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; VISUAL STIMULATION; ESTHETICS; FACE MUSCLE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ART; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; ESTHETICS; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902822923     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2013.870132     Document Type: Article

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