New Journal Article Surveys the Field of the Science of Aesthetics Aesthetic processing has a great impact on our everyday lives. It influences our choices regarding romantic partners, where we wish ...

The more a poem evokes vivid sensory imagery, the more we like it. A new study by New York University and the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics shows that vivid pictorial language has the ...

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The new Max Planck Institute will be managed by a Board of Directors consisting of four top scientists whose expertise covers the areas of literature, music, and the empirical cognitive and social ...

How does a view of nature gain its gloss of beauty? We know that the sight of beautiful landscapes engages the brain's reward systems. But how does the brain transform visual signals into aesthetic ...

San Damiano Crucifix (replica) in Cathedral of St. Francis, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Source: Chris Light/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 We continue this series of comments on aesthetic cognitivism with ...

San Damiano Crucifix (replica) in Cathedral of St. Francis, Santa Fe, New Mexico Source: Photo by Chris Light, from Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 We continue this series of comments on aesthetic ...

Research director Mari Tervaniemi is one of the members in the Scientific Advisory Board for the , Frankfurt, Germany. She joined the SAB meeting at the end of January at the Institute with great ...

The impact of poetic language has so far been measured primarily based on objective criteria such as verse and rhythm. However, aesthetic perception also includes subjective assessment. A team of ...