Psychological Models of Art Reception must be Empirically Grounded

Marcos Nadal; Oshin Vartanian; Martin Skov

doi:10.1017/S0140525X17001790

Psychological Models of Art Reception must be Empirically Grounded

Marcos Nadal, Oshin Vartanian, Martin Skov

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Abstract

We commend Menninghaus et al. for tackling the role of negative emotions in art reception. However, their model suffers from shortcomings that reduce its applicability to empirical studies of the arts: poor use of evidence, lack of integration with other models, and limited derivation of testable hypotheses. We argue that theories about art experiences should be based on empirical evidence.

Original language	English
Article number	e371
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	40
Pages (from-to)	36-37
Number of pages	2
ISSN	0140-525X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X17001790
Publication status	Published - Jan 2017

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