The field of empirical aesthetics sets out to understand and predict our aesthetic preferences
(Palmer et al., Annual Review of Psychology 64 (1): 77–107, 2013). Its history dates back to …

In this commentary, I draw attention to two limitations of Graf and Landwehr (2017). The
article addresses one of the main questions investigated by current research on aesthetic …

Empirical aesthetics has found its way into mainstream cognitive science. Until now, most
research has focused either on identifying the internal processes that underlie a perceiver's …

The aim of this work is to provide researchers from the field of aesthetics with a guideline on
working with artworks as stimuli. Empirical aesthetics research is complicated by the …

Our theoretical model (Menninghaus et al., 2019) defines aesthetic emotions by reference to
their role in aesthetic evaluation, and specifically as being predictive of aesthetic …

For many domains aesthetic appreciation has proven to be highly reliable. Evaluations of
facial attractiveness, for instance, show high internal consistencies and impressively high …

In his commentary on the paper “Aesthetic Pleasure versus Aesthetic Interest: The Two
Routes to Aesthetic Liking,” authored by Jan R. Landwehr and myself (Graf and Landwehr …

This article is a commentary on 'Ten years of a model of aesthetic appreciation and aesthetic
judgments: The aesthetic episode–developments and challenges in empirical …

How is visual information linked to aesthetic experience, and what factors determine
whether an individual finds a particular visual experience pleasing? We have previously …

Cross-cultural empirical aesthetics seeks to determine whether the psychological processes
underlying aesthetic preference are universal. Here we provide a critical review of the field's …