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Reliable estimation of internal oscillator properties from a novel, fast-paced tapping paradigm
Rhythmic structure in speech, music, and other auditory signals helps us track, anticipate, and understand the sounds in our environment. The dynamic attending framework proposes that biological systems possess internal rhythms, generated via oscillatory
Ece Kaya, Molly J. Henry
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Empirical Challenges in Organizational Aesthetics Research: Towards a Sensual Methodology [PDF]
Despite growing scholarly interest in aesthetic dimensions of organizational life, there is a lack of literature expressly engaging with the methodological mechanics of 'doing aesthetics research'. This article addresses that gap.
Alfonso, Ana-Isobel+31 more
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Who reads contemporary erotic novels and why?
In the wake of EL James’s series Fifty Shades of Grey, the book market has seen a veritable surge of bestselling erotic novels over the past decade. The online study reported here pursued two questions: (1) Who reads these erotic novels? (2) What are the
Maria Kraxenberger+2 more
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The paradoxical role of emotional intensity in the perception of vocal affect
Vocalizations including laughter, cries, moans, or screams constitute a potent source of information about the affective states of others. It is typically conjectured that the higher the intensity of the expressed emotion, the better the classification ...
N. Holz, P. Larrouy-Maestri, D. Poeppel
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Sonic mediatization of the book: affordances of the audiobook
This article addresses cultural changes resulting from the growing number of audiobook users and changes in audiobook use emerging from digital technological developments of the past decade.
Iben Have, Birgitte Stougaard Pedersen
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Ishiguro's Inhuman Aesthetics [PDF]
The question of what it means to be human pervades Kazuo Ishiguro's novel Never Let Me Go, which gradually reveals a counterfactual twentieth-century England where clone colonies provide ready supplies of organs for donation.
Black, Shameem
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Philosophy of perception as a guide to aesthetics [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to argue that it is a promising avenue of research to consider philosophy of perception to be a guide to aesthetics. More precisely, my claim is that many, maybe even most, traditional problems in aesthetics are in fact about ...
Nanay, Bence
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A 5-emotions stimuli set for emotion perception research with full-body dance movements
Ekman famously contended that there are different channels of emotional expression (face, voice, body), and that emotion recognition ability confers an adaptive advantage to the individual.
Julia F. Christensen+7 more
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This paper seeks to expand traditional aesthetic dimensions of design beyond the limits of human capability in order to encompass other species' sensory modalities. To accomplish this, the idea of inclusivity is extended beyond human cultural and personal identities and needs, to embrace multi-species experiences of places, events and interactions in ...
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The current study examined the musical taste of musicology students as compared to a control student group. Participants (n=1003) completed an online survey regarding the frequency with which they listened to 22 musical styles. A factor analysis revealed
Paul eElvers+3 more
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