Why do you like Arcimboldo's portraits? Effect of perceptual style on aesthetic appreciation of ambiguous artworks

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1516-1521

  Boccia, M ^a,b,c   Barbetti, S ^a   Margiotta, R ^a   Guariglia, C ^a,b   Ferlazzo, F ^a   Giannini, A M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c Department of Psychology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Aesthetic pleasure; Global local perception; Perception; Perceptual preference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ART; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLEASURE; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ART; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLEASURE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906345498     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-014-0739-7     Document Type: Article

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