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Sharing research outcomes with traditional owners.
This article explores the legal and technical considerations in the ongoing process of making available research video archives to traditional owners with whom the research was done. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts)
Source: Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts - June 30, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Editors’ introduction May 2022.
In this editorial, the authors reflect on manuscripts that they accepted some months ago and ponder the ways in which their findings might shape the literature and future research. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts)
Source: Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts - June 16, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Prosocial motivation and creativity in the arts and sciences: Qualitative and quantitative evidence.
Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, Vol 18(2), Apr 2024, 222-244; doi:10.1037/aca0000435A small but growing body of research suggests that prosocial motivation (i.e., the desire to act for the benefit or welfare of others) may enhance creativity. Most of the relevant research on this topic, however, has focused on creativity in business or everyday life settings. The present studies are the first to examine the nature and potential role of prosocial motivation in the arts and sciences specifically. This project used a qualitative-to-quantitative approach to anchor its operationalization of prosocial motivat...
Source: Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts - May 16, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

On the physical variables filmmakers use to engage viewers.
Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, Vol 17(5), Oct 2023, 541-552; doi:10.1037/aca0000483It is widely acknowledged that people are emotionally affected by movies, but how does the physical structure of movies contribute to emotional engagement? To answer this question, we measured subjective and objective emotional tension as 40 viewers watched a series of short movies. We mapped the resulting data against the dynamic low-level structure of each movie, isolating the effects of clutter, luminance, motion, shot density, shot scale, and sound amplitude on emotional response. Across all measures, viewers’ resp...
Source: Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts - May 12, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Review of Understanding the beauty appreciation trait: Empirical research on seeking beauty in all things.
Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, Vol 16(3), Aug 2022, 571-572; doi:10.1037/aca0000489Reviews the book, Understanding the Beauty Appreciation Trait: Empirical Research on Seeking Beauty in All Things by Rhett Diessner (see record 2019-78467-000). The book consists of nine chapters divided into three sections. Part 1 covers the foundations of beauty through a philosophical, evolutionary, and biological perspective. Part 2 examines the domains of beauty and explores our engagement with nature’s beauty, artistic beauty, and moral beauty. Part 3 examines human development and beauty by describing pedagogica...
Source: Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts - May 12, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Review of Understanding the beauty appreciation trait: Empirical research on seeking beauty in all things.
Reviews the book, Understanding the Beauty Appreciation Trait: Empirical Research on Seeking Beauty in All Things by Rhett Diessner (see record 2019-78467-000). The book consists of nine chapters divided into three sections. Part 1 covers the foundations of beauty through a philosophical, evolutionary, and biological perspective. Part 2 examines the domains of beauty and explores our engagement with nature’s beauty, artistic beauty, and moral beauty. Part 3 examines human development and beauty by describing pedagogical approaches to teaching about beauty and ways to increase the appreciation for beauty. The book will wo...
Source: Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts - May 12, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Review of Integrated care for the traumatized: A whole-person approach.
Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, Vol 16(3), Aug 2022, 573-574; doi:10.1037/aca0000490Reviews the book, Integrated Care for the Traumatized: A Whole-Person Approach edited by Ilene A. Serlin, Stanley Krippner, and Kirwan Rockefeller (see record 2019-44964-000). In contrast to the Western fixation of symptom reduction, the editors assert the best manner in which to treat the traumatized is through a Whole-Person Approach (WPA). A WPA is defined as one that takes into account the person’s mind, body, and spirit, and the ways in which the trauma has impacted them existentially and spiritually. In the first...
Source: Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts - May 9, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Review of Creativity & art: Neuroscientific and psychoanalytic perspectives.
Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, Vol 16(3), Aug 2022, 569-570; doi:10.1037/aca0000487Reviews the book, Creativity & Art: Neuroscientific and Psychoanalytic Perspectives by Andreas Steck and Barbara Steck (2021). Intended for a general audience, Steck and Steck’s new work is a quick Sunday-afternoon read for a variety of academicians from neurology to psychiatry and behavioral sciences. Beginning with the authors’ views on connections between natural forms (e. g., crystals, living organisms) and human-made representations of them, the book shifts swiftly to praise art’s communicative power and the s...
Source: Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts - May 9, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Review of Integrated care for the traumatized: A whole-person approach.
Reviews the book, Integrated Care for the Traumatized: A Whole-Person Approach edited by Ilene A. Serlin, Stanley Krippner, and Kirwan Rockefeller (see record 2019-44964-000). In contrast to the Western fixation of symptom reduction, the editors assert the best manner in which to treat the traumatized is through a Whole-Person Approach (WPA). A WPA is defined as one that takes into account the person’s mind, body, and spirit, and the ways in which the trauma has impacted them existentially and spiritually. In the first section, Foundations, the editors introduce the foundational elements of their work, the WPA and more b...
Source: Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts - May 9, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Review of Creativity & art: Neuroscientific and psychoanalytic perspectives.
Reviews the book, Creativity & Art: Neuroscientific and Psychoanalytic Perspectives by Andreas Steck and Barbara Steck (2021). Intended for a general audience, Steck and Steck’s new work is a quick Sunday-afternoon read for a variety of academicians from neurology to psychiatry and behavioral sciences. Beginning with the authors’ views on connections between natural forms (e. g., crystals, living organisms) and human-made representations of them, the book shifts swiftly to praise art’s communicative power and the significance of gestures in art-making and in life. Rapidly moving through their treatment of gesture and...
Source: Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts - May 9, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The effect of implicit theories of human beauty and perceived pressure on cosmetic consumption.
Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, Vol 18(1), Feb 2024, 43-58; doi:10.1037/aca0000473The use of cosmetics is ubiquitous, signaling the importance of aesthetics for humans. Yet, little is known on drivers of cosmetic consumption. In a set of multiple surveys among over 5,000 women across seven countries in three continents (Study 1), we consistently show that heightened perceived pressure to change appearance is associated with higher cosmetic consumption. Further, perceived pressure (and subsequently cosmetic consumption) is influenced by implicit theories of human beauty, such that holding an entity beaut...
Source: Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts - April 7, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Together in the dark?: Investigating the understanding and feeling of intended emotions between viewers and professional artists at the Venice Biennale.
We present a unique opportunity to test the ability of artists to systematically evoke emotions in an audience via art and, transversely, for viewers to pick out intentions of the artist. This follows a recent article which had shown this connection using installation artworks by MFA student-artists. However, this earlier article had left open questions regarding whether similar relationships might be found with professional artists and contemporary art—putting at odds earlier expressive theories that art should transmit emotion versus 20-21st century arguments that art-making might be more for its “own sake” and thu...
Source: Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts - April 4, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research