Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts is devoted to promoting scholarship on the psychology of the production and appreciation of the arts and all aspects of creative endeavor.

Mar 15, 2022 · Here are five key features of the aesthetic pleasure (or perceived beauty) of everyday life experiences. 1. Interest in the experience for its own sake. Aesthetic pleasures are typically...

The psychology of aesthetics and the arts is dedicated to the study of our experiences of the visual arts, music, literature, film, performances, archi-tecture and design; our experiences of beauty and ugliness; our prefer-ences and dislikes; and …

The psychology of art (or psychology of the arts) and the psychology of aesthetics (psychological aesthetics, the psychology of aesthetics) focus on the importance, role, correlates, and effects of art. Most rigorous, precise, and criticized (for its reductionism) is experimental aesthetics.

Apr 3, 2019 · In this review, we consider the idea that the positive emotional output elicited from the aesthetic experience affects mood, and indirectly promotes health and well-being. First, we examine evidence that arts promoting well-being involve art …

Sep 26, 2018 · Aesthetic emotions are experienced through vision, hearing, touch, taste, smell and cognitive processing in response to respected stimuli. Aesthetics plays a central role in the design,...

The Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts (Division 10 of the American Psychological Association) is committed to interdisciplinary scholarship, both theoretical and empirical, encompassing the visual, literary, and performing arts.

Sep 14, 2024 · Explore the intersection of psychology and aesthetics, from cognitive processes to cultural influences, and its applications in art, design, and everyday life.

In our review, we outline prior arguments for and against aesthetic cognitivism. Then, with a focus on visual art, we discuss how empirical aesthetics and neuroscience can contribute to conversations about aesthetic cognitivism.

Taking Baumgarten’s treatise on poetry as a point of departure, I argue that Baumgarten laid the ground for a conception of art that emphasizes emotion rather than cognition with a particular appeal to psychology to provide principles of aesthetic appreciation of art.