Art enhances meaning by stimulating integrative complexity and aesthetic interest
- PMID: 29342789
- DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X17001728
Art enhances meaning by stimulating integrative complexity and aesthetic interest
Abstract
Menninghaus et al. portrayed meaning in art as a vehicle for transforming negative emotions into pleasure. Although it is intuitively appealing that meaningful experiences should feel good, meaningfulness does not necessarily entail pleasure or positive emotions. Whereas easily comprehended art may elicit pleasure, meaningfulness is more closely tied to challenge and interest than to pleasure.
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Negative emotions in art reception: Refining theoretical assumptions and adding variables to the Distancing-Embracing model.Behav Brain Sci. 2017 Jan;40:e380. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X17001947. Behav Brain Sci. 2017. PMID: 29342806
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The Distancing-Embracing model of the enjoyment of negative emotions in art reception.Behav Brain Sci. 2017 Jan;40:e347. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X17000309. Epub 2017 Feb 20. Behav Brain Sci. 2017. PMID: 28215214
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