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Anosmic Aesthetics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Anosmia is a sensory disability that consists of the inability to perceive odors. The sense of smell can be lost at any time during life, but people suffering from congenital anosmia, as I do, have never had any experience of smelling.
Tafalla, Marta
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Who reads contemporary erotic novels and why?

open access: yesHumanities & 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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Ecological Aesthetics

open access: yes, 2020
An updated outline of current studies, critical positions and salient issues in contemporary aesthetics about the concept of "Ecological ...
gambaro gabriele
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The paradoxical role of emotional intensity in the perception of vocal affect

open access: yesScientific 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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Components of Aesthetic Experience: Aesthetic Fascination, Aesthetic Appraisal, and Aesthetic Emotion

open access: yesi-Perception, 2012
In this paper aesthetic experience is defined as an experience qualitatively different from everyday experience and similar to other exceptional states of mind. Three crucial characteristics of aesthetic experience are discussed: fascination with an aesthetic object (high arousal and attention), appraisal of the symbolic reality of an object (high ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Exploring the Musical Taste of Expert Listeners: Musicology Students reveal Tendency towards Omnivorous Taste

open access: yesFrontiers 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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Sonic mediatization of the book: affordances of the audiobook

open access: yesMedieKultur: 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
doaj   +3 more sources

Motivations for pursuing the Level 7 Diploma in Aesthetic Medicine: insights from a United Kingdom cohort

open access: yesJournal of Cosmetic Medicine
Background : The United Kingdom aesthetic medicine sector has seen significant growth with an increasing demand for non-invasive procedures, highlighting the need for qualified professionals.
Emmaline Ashley   +3 more
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Speculative Aesthetics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This series of interventions on the ramifications of Speculative Realism for aesthetics ranges from contemporary art’s relation to the aesthetic, to accelerationism and abstraction, logic and design. From varied perspectives of philosophy, art and design,
Trafford, James   +2 more
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A 5-emotions stimuli set for emotion perception research with full-body dance movements

open access: yesScientific 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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