Testing whether and when abstract symmetric patterns produce affective responses.
Symmetry has a central role in visual art, it is often linked to beauty, and observers can detect it efficiently in the lab. We studied what kind of fast and automatic responses are generated by visual presentation of symmetrical patterns. Specifically, we tested whether a brief presentation of nove...
Main Authors: | Marco Bertamini, Alexis Makin, Anna Pecchinenda |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3698216?pdf=render |
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