Website aesthetics have been recognized as an influential moderator of people's behavior
and perception. However, what users perceive as" good design" is subject to individual …

The interface of mind, brain, culture, and behavior has provided rich ground for speculation,
theorizing and empirical research. To date, theorizing has focused on between-country …

We present rich descriptions of taste experience through an analysis of the diachronic and
synchronic experiences of each of the five basic taste qualities: sweet, sour, salt, bitter, and …

Across the academy, scholars are debating the question of what bearing scientific inquiry
has upon the humanities. The latest addition to the AFI Film Readers series, Cognitive …

At first glance, color preferences might seem to be the most subjective and context-
dependent aspects of color cognition. Yet they are not. The present study compares color …

In this study, we combined the behavioral and objective approach in the field of empirical
aesthetics. First, we studied the perception of beauty by investigating shifts in evaluation on …

Colors and odors are associated; for instance, people typically match the smell of
strawberries to the color pink or red. These associations are forms of crossmodal …

This study investigated the relationship between contextualised colours and psychological
responses using a semantic differential method. Fruit juice cartons were used as model …

In cognition, common factors play a crucial role. For example, different types of intelligence
are highly correlated, pointing to a common factor, which is often called g. One might expect …

Communication in plant–animal mutualisms frequently involves multiple perceivers. A
fundamental uncertainty is whether and how species adapt to communicate with groups of …