Pub Date : 2025-07-07DOI: 10.1177/02762374251353671
Rui Xu, Yen Hsu, Xinyan Wang
AI artwork not only presents uniqueness in terms of artistry but also triggers deep emotional resonance within audiences. There is an urgent need for indepth research to examine the potential benefits and limitations of AI in art creation. This study investigates the issues mentioned above through a twopart experiment. Study 1 conducted an Art Turing test, selecting 10 works created by human artists representing different styles and 10 works generated by the AI creation tool Midjourney. The two sets of works were scored, and their differences were compared. Study 2 involved a 2 × 2 experiment with independent variables of “passing the Turing test” (pass vs fail) and “being informed about the works that passed the Art Turing test” (informed vs. uninformed). The dependent variable was the level of anxiety toward AI. The findings suggest that anxiety regarding AI artwork stems primarily from the quality of the pieces. When AI creates works of art that rival or surpass those of human artists, anxiety is further heightened due to the potential impact on anthropocentric thinking. This study provides empirical insight and a scientific basis for exploring AI in art creation.
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Pub Date : 2025-06-27DOI: 10.1177/02762374251353670
Xiao Wang, Yannan Zhang
Previous studies have shown that major key music paired with positive emotional images is typically associated with positive emotions, while minor key music paired with negative images tends to be linked to sadness. However, there is still a lack of research on the integrative mechanisms underlying cross-modal emotion transference between music and image. The present study employed a 2 (image: positive vs. negative) × 2 (music: major vs. minor) within-subjects design to investigate how these combinations influence aesthetic preferences for neutral stimuli. The findings revealed the following: (1) Under minor key music, negative emotional images significantly enhanced the aesthetic evaluation of neutral stimuli compared to positive emotional images. This reflects an emotion-congruent effect, facilitating emotion assimilation–contrast processes and enhancing aesthetic experience. (2) Under positive emotional images, major key music significantly increased the aesthetic appraisal of neutral stimuli relative to minor key music, again promoting assimilation–contrast effects and aesthetic enhancement. (3) Under negative emotional images, there was no significant difference in aesthetic evaluation of neutral stimuli between major and minor key music, possibly because the negative images dominated the emotional processing, marginalizing the influence of music. (4) Under major key music, no significant difference in aesthetic evaluation of neutral stimuli was observed between positive and negative emotional images, which may suggest that, within the emotional framework of major key music, the emotional impact of positive and negative images converged and thus failed to significantly alter aesthetic preferences. These findings reveal boundary conditions for the emotion assimilation–contrast effect in the context of cross-modal emotion transference. From an applied perspective, musical mode and emotional image can serve as effective modulators in the perception and aesthetic evaluation of visual information.
{"title":"The Impact of Cross-Sensory Interaction Between Emotional Images and Musical Modes on the Aesthetic Evaluation of Neutral Stimuli","authors":"Xiao Wang, Yannan Zhang","doi":"10.1177/02762374251353670","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02762374251353670","url":null,"abstract":"Previous studies have shown that major key music paired with positive emotional images is typically associated with positive emotions, while minor key music paired with negative images tends to be linked to sadness. However, there is still a lack of research on the integrative mechanisms underlying cross-modal emotion transference between music and image. The present study employed a 2 (image: positive vs. negative) × 2 (music: major vs. minor) within-subjects design to investigate how these combinations influence aesthetic preferences for neutral stimuli. The findings revealed the following: (1) Under minor key music, negative emotional images significantly enhanced the aesthetic evaluation of neutral stimuli compared to positive emotional images. This reflects an emotion-congruent effect, facilitating emotion assimilation–contrast processes and enhancing aesthetic experience. (2) Under positive emotional images, major key music significantly increased the aesthetic appraisal of neutral stimuli relative to minor key music, again promoting assimilation–contrast effects and aesthetic enhancement. (3) Under negative emotional images, there was no significant difference in aesthetic evaluation of neutral stimuli between major and minor key music, possibly because the negative images dominated the emotional processing, marginalizing the influence of music. (4) Under major key music, no significant difference in aesthetic evaluation of neutral stimuli was observed between positive and negative emotional images, which may suggest that, within the emotional framework of major key music, the emotional impact of positive and negative images converged and thus failed to significantly alter aesthetic preferences. These findings reveal boundary conditions for the emotion assimilation–contrast effect in the context of cross-modal emotion transference. From an applied perspective, musical mode and emotional image can serve as effective modulators in the perception and aesthetic evaluation of visual information.","PeriodicalId":45870,"journal":{"name":"Empirical Studies of the Arts","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144513276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-06-20DOI: 10.1177/02762374251351832
Chao Jia, Jiao Zhang
In the context of deepening the teaching strategy of emotional expression in dance, improving the emotional regulation ability of dance majors and promoting their emotional expression is a common issue in the process of realizing the goal of “educating people through dance”. In order to explore the mechanism of emotion regulation on emotion expression in dance, a questionnaire survey was conducted among 872 dance majors in seven universities. The results showed that emotion regulation in dance had a significant positive predictive effect on emotional expression, and that both performance self-confidence and learning engagement had significant independent and chain mediation effects, teacher support positively moderated the relationship between emotion regulation in dance and learning engagement; and both teacher support and peer support positively moderated the relationship between emotion regulation in dance and performance self-confidence.
{"title":"Emotional Regulation in Dance and Its Role in Emotional Expression: Evidence from Dance Majors","authors":"Chao Jia, Jiao Zhang","doi":"10.1177/02762374251351832","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02762374251351832","url":null,"abstract":"In the context of deepening the teaching strategy of emotional expression in dance, improving the emotional regulation ability of dance majors and promoting their emotional expression is a common issue in the process of realizing the goal of “educating people through dance”. In order to explore the mechanism of emotion regulation on emotion expression in dance, a questionnaire survey was conducted among 872 dance majors in seven universities. The results showed that emotion regulation in dance had a significant positive predictive effect on emotional expression, and that both performance self-confidence and learning engagement had significant independent and chain mediation effects, teacher support positively moderated the relationship between emotion regulation in dance and learning engagement; and both teacher support and peer support positively moderated the relationship between emotion regulation in dance and performance self-confidence.","PeriodicalId":45870,"journal":{"name":"Empirical Studies of the Arts","volume":"175 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144328802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-05-28DOI: 10.1177/02762374251334962
Leopold Helmut Otto Roth, Hideaki Kawabata, Helmut Leder
Culture constitutes a core condition for human experiences, and it was often assumed that higher collectivism/lower individualism are typical for Asian as compared to European cultures. Evidence, however, was ambiguous. In the present study ( N = 79), we studied whether collectivism in preferences is seen in terms of a relatively higher level of shared tastes. We employed beholder indices/taste typicality to compute private taste from aesthetic evaluations for different classes of visual images of Japanese and European participants. Collectivism for each participant was measured through a standard scale based on participants’ opinions towards their peer group. No difference in collectivism measure between the two populations was found. However, congruence in personal taste meaningfully differed between cultures, showing higher shared taste in Japanese participants for artistic stimuli. These effects reached beyond comparisons by individual collectivistic tendencies. While these findings require replication with larger samples, they point towards meaningful differences in group norm adherence between cultures.
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Pub Date : 2025-05-26DOI: 10.1177/02762374251337699
Elzė Sigutė Mikalonytė, Jasmina Stevanov, Ryan P. Doran, Katherine A. Symons, Simone Schnall
According to prominent philosophical views, appreciating beauty involves psychological distancing, where one does not consider the beautiful object in light of practical interests, and beauty leads to transformative and self-transcendent affective experiences. In this study (N = 187), conducted in the naturalistic environment of a museum, we explored these ideas. Half the participants were instructed to rate the beauty of pottery objects created by a renowned artist, while the other half engaged in a control task that did not involve evaluating beauty. Based on Construal Level Theory, we used the Behavior Identification Form to explore whether aesthetic experiences encourage abstract thinking, and in turn, psychological distance. We also predicted that beauty appreciation would lead to greater transformative and self-transcendent emotions. Indeed, appreciating the beauty of artworks led participants to think in a more abstract way, especially those who practice an art hobby themselves, as well as to transformative, and self-transcendent emotions.
{"title":"Transformed by Beauty: Aesthetic Appreciation Increases Abstract Thinking and Self-Transcendent Emotions in an Art Museum","authors":"Elzė Sigutė Mikalonytė, Jasmina Stevanov, Ryan P. Doran, Katherine A. Symons, Simone Schnall","doi":"10.1177/02762374251337699","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02762374251337699","url":null,"abstract":"According to prominent philosophical views, appreciating beauty involves psychological distancing, where one does not consider the beautiful object in light of practical interests, and beauty leads to transformative and self-transcendent affective experiences. In this study (N = 187), conducted in the naturalistic environment of a museum, we explored these ideas. Half the participants were instructed to rate the beauty of pottery objects created by a renowned artist, while the other half engaged in a control task that did not involve evaluating beauty. Based on Construal Level Theory, we used the Behavior Identification Form to explore whether aesthetic experiences encourage abstract thinking, and in turn, psychological distance. We also predicted that beauty appreciation would lead to greater transformative and self-transcendent emotions. Indeed, appreciating the beauty of artworks led participants to think in a more abstract way, especially those who practice an art hobby themselves, as well as to transformative, and self-transcendent emotions.","PeriodicalId":45870,"journal":{"name":"Empirical Studies of the Arts","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144145489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-05-20DOI: 10.1177/02762374251342492
María del Pilar Aparicio-Flores, María Vicent, Aitana Fernández-Sogorb, Carolina Gonzálvez
The study of creativity has been increasing due to its link with critical thinking and problem-solving. However, no scales have been found that evaluate this variable in distinct domains in the Spanish population. This study attempts to validate the K-DOCS using 821 undergraduates, and its factorial invariance according to sex. Correlations between creativity factors and attitude towards the Didactics of Artistic Expression (ADEP) and Aesthetic Experience (EE) were also analyzed. The results revealed a version of the K-DOCS with 22 items and 5 factors obtained the best results and that this version is invariant by sex. Positive and significant correlations were also observed in most dimensions of the ADEP and EE. In conclusion, an instrument for assessing creativity in the Spanish adult population is offered and it is estimated that it will improve the ADEP and EE of the population with the aim of increasing the dimensions of creativity.
{"title":"Spanish Validation of the Kaufman Domains of Creativity Scale (K-DOCS) and its Link with Attitude Towards Artistic Expression and Aesthetic Experience","authors":"María del Pilar Aparicio-Flores, María Vicent, Aitana Fernández-Sogorb, Carolina Gonzálvez","doi":"10.1177/02762374251342492","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02762374251342492","url":null,"abstract":"The study of creativity has been increasing due to its link with critical thinking and problem-solving. However, no scales have been found that evaluate this variable in distinct domains in the Spanish population. This study attempts to validate the K-DOCS using 821 undergraduates, and its factorial invariance according to sex. Correlations between creativity factors and attitude towards the Didactics of Artistic Expression (ADEP) and Aesthetic Experience (EE) were also analyzed. The results revealed a version of the K-DOCS with 22 items and 5 factors obtained the best results and that this version is invariant by sex. Positive and significant correlations were also observed in most dimensions of the ADEP and EE. In conclusion, an instrument for assessing creativity in the Spanish adult population is offered and it is estimated that it will improve the ADEP and EE of the population with the aim of increasing the dimensions of creativity.","PeriodicalId":45870,"journal":{"name":"Empirical Studies of the Arts","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144104536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-05-07DOI: 10.1177/02762374251340660
Konrad Rudnicki, Timon Murrath, Karolien Poels
This study explores the relationship between DJs’ behaviors, audience positive affect, and perceptions of music and the performer at live electronic dance music (EDM) events. Despite the DJ's central role in creating event atmosphere, little empirical research exists on how their actions impact audience experience. A field study was conducted in various EDM clubs in Belgium, recording DJ performances and collecting real-time audience feedback. Analyzed behaviors included dancing, grooving, eye contact, smiling, moving from the console, and console use. Results showed that DJs’ physical engagement, especially dancing, increased audience positive affect, while moving away from the console decreased it. However, these behaviors did not significantly influence perceptions of the DJ or music. The study highlights the potential of synchrony-facilitating behaviors to enhance audience's affect. This work provides insights into performer-audience interactions and optimizing emotional experiences at live music events.
{"title":"The Relation Between DJs Behavior and Their Audience's Positive Affect and Perception of the Show. A Field Study in Electronic Dance Music Clubs","authors":"Konrad Rudnicki, Timon Murrath, Karolien Poels","doi":"10.1177/02762374251340660","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02762374251340660","url":null,"abstract":"This study explores the relationship between DJs’ behaviors, audience positive affect, and perceptions of music and the performer at live electronic dance music (EDM) events. Despite the DJ's central role in creating event atmosphere, little empirical research exists on how their actions impact audience experience. A field study was conducted in various EDM clubs in Belgium, recording DJ performances and collecting real-time audience feedback. Analyzed behaviors included dancing, grooving, eye contact, smiling, moving from the console, and console use. Results showed that DJs’ physical engagement, especially dancing, increased audience positive affect, while moving away from the console decreased it. However, these behaviors did not significantly influence perceptions of the DJ or music. The study highlights the potential of synchrony-facilitating behaviors to enhance audience's affect. This work provides insights into performer-audience interactions and optimizing emotional experiences at live music events.","PeriodicalId":45870,"journal":{"name":"Empirical Studies of the Arts","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143920266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-04-22DOI: 10.1177/02762374251334989
Fatima Maria Felisberti, C. Alejandro Parraga, Neil Harrison
Artistic paintings and photographs are often used as alternatives to direct experiences of nature, and some may have restorative health effects not yet fully understood. This study examined if/how anxiety, sensory mental imagery, and prior exposure to nature impacted aesthetic and affective responses (AAR) to environmental scenes. Participants ( n = 368) evaluated nature and urban scenes via three sets of ratings: aesthetic (liking) and affective (perceived openness and anticipated relaxation). Results showed that the strength of visual mental imagery significantly predicted AAR. Prior exposure to nature modulated responses to some nature scenes but had no effect on urban scenes. Higher anxiety levels influenced some emotional responses but not aesthetic ones. Findings may have diagnostic implications for assessing elevated anxiety levels as well as for designing wellbeing-promoting spaces in areas where direct access to nature is limited, such as hospitals, detention centers, and underground workplaces.
{"title":"Psychological Determinants of Aesthetic and Affective Preferences for Nature and Urban Scenes: Anxiety, Nature Exposure, and Mental Imagery","authors":"Fatima Maria Felisberti, C. Alejandro Parraga, Neil Harrison","doi":"10.1177/02762374251334989","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02762374251334989","url":null,"abstract":"Artistic paintings and photographs are often used as alternatives to direct experiences of nature, and some may have restorative health effects not yet fully understood. This study examined if/how anxiety, sensory mental imagery, and prior exposure to nature impacted aesthetic and affective responses (AAR) to environmental scenes. Participants ( <jats:italic>n </jats:italic> = 368) evaluated nature and urban scenes via three sets of ratings: aesthetic (liking) and affective (perceived openness and anticipated relaxation). Results showed that the strength of visual mental imagery significantly predicted AAR. Prior exposure to nature modulated responses to some nature scenes but had no effect on urban scenes. Higher anxiety levels influenced some emotional responses but not aesthetic ones. Findings may have diagnostic implications for assessing elevated anxiety levels as well as for designing wellbeing-promoting spaces in areas where direct access to nature is limited, such as hospitals, detention centers, and underground workplaces.","PeriodicalId":45870,"journal":{"name":"Empirical Studies of the Arts","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143862851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-04-15DOI: 10.1177/02762374251331426
Maria Campo Redondo, Laura Gamboa, Gabriel Andrade
This study investigated associations of exposure to Fernando Botero's artwork with fatphobia. Using two 2 × 2 designs, participants were exposed to Botero's work and paintings with nudity. Implicit bias was measured using an Implicit Association Test, while explicit bias was assessed with the Fatphobia scale. Results showed that exposure to Botero's art was associated with reduced implicit bias against people with obesity, but had no association with explicit fatphobia. Nudity in art showed no association with either implicit or explicit biases, and no interaction effects were found. The study concludes that Botero's art could be leveraged through various means to combat fatphobia and promote inclusivity, highlighting the potential of art to influence societal attitudes towards body size.
{"title":"Exposure to Fernando Botero’s Art Is Associated with Lower Implicit Bias Against People with Obesity","authors":"Maria Campo Redondo, Laura Gamboa, Gabriel Andrade","doi":"10.1177/02762374251331426","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02762374251331426","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated associations of exposure to Fernando Botero's artwork with fatphobia. Using two 2 × 2 designs, participants were exposed to Botero's work and paintings with nudity. Implicit bias was measured using an Implicit Association Test, while explicit bias was assessed with the Fatphobia scale. Results showed that exposure to Botero's art was associated with reduced implicit bias against people with obesity, but had no association with explicit fatphobia. Nudity in art showed no association with either implicit or explicit biases, and no interaction effects were found. The study concludes that Botero's art could be leveraged through various means to combat fatphobia and promote inclusivity, highlighting the potential of art to influence societal attitudes towards body size.","PeriodicalId":45870,"journal":{"name":"Empirical Studies of the Arts","volume":"120 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143836648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-03-29DOI: 10.1177/02762374251324913
Léonore Robieux, Cyril Thomas, Marion Botella
Magic is an art form that creates illusory experiences of impossibility by generating a conflict between what we witness and what we believe about the world. The uniqueness of this art has intrigued researchers for over a century. The present study explores the social representations of magic among magicians and non-magicians to understand how these groups perceive magic. Utilizing the framework of Social Representations (SR), which encompasses shared ideas and beliefs, this research aims to better understand the existence of differentiated perceptions of the same object based on one's relationship and proximity to it. The study involved 424 participants, including magicians and non-magicians, who were asked to list words associated with magic. The hierarchical, descending classification analysis revealed five distinct classes of representations, highlighting differences based on interest and expertise in magic. Magicians view magic positively, emphasizing the emotional exchange with the audience, while non-magicians exhibit varied perspectives, from indifference to fascination, influenced by cognitive conflicts and emotional responses. These findings underline the importance of understanding diverse perceptions to enhance the magical experience and suggest further research into how prior beliefs and representations influence the suspension of disbelief.
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