eprintid: 14957
rev_number: 18
eprint_status: archive
userid: 570
dir: disk0/00/01/49/57
datestamp: 2013-05-23 08:19:37
lastmod: 2013-06-04 08:22:46
status_changed: 2013-05-23 08:19:37
type: doctoralThesis
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Hager, Marieke
title: Psychophysiological Responses to Aesthetic Stimuli
subjects: 150
divisions: 100200
adv_faculty: af-10
cterms_swd: aesthetic appreciation
cterms_swd: art reception survey
cterms_swd: physiological processing of art
cterms_swd: startle response parameter
cterms_swd: onset latency
cterms_swd: aesthetic emotion
abstract: A growing body of research investigates how people respond to art, how art preferences are related to personality traits, or what specific brain structures are involved in
the appreciation of artworks. However, most of this research measures the aesthetic experience with a single item (e.g., “the artwork is pleasant”). The aim of the present work
was to use a multidimensional approach to (I) analyze the factor structure of an aesthetic experience and (II) to construct the Art Reception Survey (ARS) to validly measure these factors. In study 1, 193 participants rated different art paintings of various styles and artists with a set of 76 items describing various components of an aesthetic experience. Principal component analysis revealed a six-factor structure including the recipient’s cognitive
involvement, his or her positive and negative affective appraisal, self-referential aspects, judgments about the artistic quality and creativity, as well as information about the knowledge and comprehension the recipient has about the artwork. Furthermore, we examined the
specificity of the ARS scales for art stimuli by comparing the questionnaire between art and non-art stimuli (study 2). The results of both studies indicate adequate reliability and validity of the instrument. In future research, the ARS and its specification of relevant facets of an aesthetic experience may help to gain a better understanding of the complex relationships with personality traits or even psychophysiological correlates.
date: 2012-06-30
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00014957
ppn_swb: 1652383638
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-149571
date_accepted: 2012-12-19
advisor: HASH(0x5561209d3480)
language: eng
bibsort: HAGERMARIEPSYCHOPHYS20120630
full_text_status: public
place_of_pub: Heidelberg, Deutschland
citation:   Hager, Marieke  (2012) Psychophysiological Responses to Aesthetic Stimuli.  [Dissertation]     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/14957/1/Diss_zur%20Ver%C3%B6ffentlichung_02.05.2013.pdf