Expressive intent, ambiguity, and aesthetic experiences of music and poetry.

A growing number of studies are investigating the way that aesthetic experiences are generated across different media. Empathy with a perceived human artist has been suggested as a common mechanism [1]. In this study, people heard 30 s excerpts of ambiguous music and poetry preceded by neutral, posi...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis, William H Levine, Rhimmon Simchy-Gross, Carolyn Kroger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5528260?pdf=render