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Philosophy of perception as a guide to aesthetics [PDF]
, 2014 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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Reliable estimation of internal oscillator properties from a novel, fast-paced tapping paradigm
Scientific Reports, 2022 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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Who reads contemporary erotic novels and why?
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2021 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
Scientific Reports, 2021 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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Ishiguro's Inhuman Aesthetics [PDF]
, 2015 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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Sonic mediatization of the book: affordances of the audiobook
MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research, 2013 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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A 5-emotions stimuli set for emotion perception research with full-body dance movements
Scientific Reports, 2023 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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Frontiers in Psychology, 2015 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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EDITORIAL: Aesthetics and participation … [PDF]
, 2015 Does it ever happen that a theoretical perspective is articulated, accepted and then sealed from further debate? There is a process of development, application, critique and assessment.
Conroy, Colette
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Aesthetics and the perceived stigma of assistive technology for visual impairment
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 2020 Purpose The aim of this study was to identify factors that influence the perceived stigma of two assistive devices for visual impairment, namely the white cane and smart glasses. Method Face-to-face semi-structured interviews with eight European students
Aline Darc Piculo dos Santos +3 more
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