In this article, we develop an account of how aesthetic preferences can be formed as a result
of two hierarchical, fluency-based processes. Our model suggests that processing …

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 …

Are challenging stimuli appreciated due to perceptual insights during elaboration? Drawing
on the literature regarding aesthetic appreciation, several approaches can be identified. For …

The variety of fruits and vegetables in today's supermarkets is enormous. We investigated
how color may lead consumers to anticipate differences in product properties. Forty …

We asked whether and how people appreciate ambiguous artworks and examined the
possible mechanisms underlying the appeal of perceptual challenge in art. Although …

A central problem in the literature on psychological aesthetics is a lack of precision in
terminology regarding the description and measurement of aesthetic impressions. The …

Although fluency theory predominates psychological research on human aesthetics, its most
severe limitation may be to explain why art that challenges or even violates easy processing …

Consumers often purchase consumer durables without using these products beforehand.
Product appearance is then one of the factors that consumers use to form inferences about …

Research in aesthetics typically focuses on static stimuli or stimulus properties from the
visual domain leaving unanswered a great many questions on haptic aesthetics. This paper …

Research in perception and appreciation is often focused on snapshots, stills of experience.
Static approaches allow for multidimensional assessment, but are unable to catch the crucial …