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Includes articles about Rudolf Arnheim and his contributions to visual thinking; Gestalt psychology; aesthetics; arts education; representational conceptions in two- and three-dimensional media; and in-between solutions.
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The psychology of aesthetics and the arts is dedicated to the study of our experiences of the visual arts, music, literature, film, performances, architecture and design; our experiences of beauty and ugliness; our preferences and dislikes; and our everyday perceptions of things in our world.
The psychology of art and aesthetics is the study of the perception and experience of the visual arts, music, film, performances, literature, design, and the environment. Art is a human phenomenon, and therefore aesthetics is fundamentally a psychological process.
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 our everyday perceptions of things in our world.
Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association. The journal covers research on the psychology of the production and appreciation of the arts and all aspects of creative endeavor. [ 1 ]
Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts Paths to Transformation Across Contemporary Reading Practices: The Role of Motivations and Genre Preferences Cristina Loi, Moniek Kuijpers, Astrid Ensslin, and Gerhard Lauer Online First Publication, December 14, 2023. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/aca0000622 CITATION
Psychologists have studied some aspects of scientific creativity, such as behavioral correlates of scientific productivity (e.g., intelli-gence, personality; Barron & Harrington, 1981; Sternberg et al., 2020) and cognitive processes relevant for scientific thinking (e.g., analogical reasoning, hypothesis generation; Sak & Ayas, 2013;
