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. 2017 Jan:40:e365.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X1700173X.

Context matters: How macroeconomic forces may alter the reception of negative emotions in art

Hal Ersner Hershfield  1 , Adam Lee Alter  2
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Context matters: How macroeconomic forces may alter the reception of negative emotions in art

Hal Ersner Hershfield et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2017 Jan.

Abstract

Menninghaus et al. offer a comprehensive model to explain why people pursue darker emotions in art, but we believe they underplay the considerable role of situational factors in driving these preferences. In particular, changing mood states are likely to shape artistic preferences, in large part because positive mood states act as a protective buffer against otherwise aversive experiences.

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