Aesthetic emotions are a key factor in aesthetic evaluation: Reply to Skov and Nadal (2020)

Menninghaus, Winfried; Schindler, Ines; Wagner, Valentin; Wassiliwizky, Eugen; Hanich, Julian; Jacobsen, Thomas; Koelsch, Stefan

doi:10.1037/rev0000213

Aesthetic emotions are a key factor in aesthetic evaluation: Reply to Skov and Nadal (2020)

Publication date

2020-07

Document type

Research article

Author

Menninghaus, Winfried

Schindler, Ines

Wagner, Valentin

Wassiliwizky, Eugen

Hanich, Julian

Jacobsen, Thomas

Koelsch, Stefan

Organisational unit

Allgemeine und Biologische Psychologie

DOI

10.1037/rev0000213

URI

https://openhsu.ub.hsu-hh.de/handle/10.24405/9401

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85087099011

Pubmed ID

32584122

Series or journal

Psychological Review

Periodical volume

127

Periodical issue

4

First page

650

Last page

654

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Abstract

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 liking/disliking. Skov and Nadal (2020) dismiss the construct of "aesthetic emotions" as a "dated supposition" adopted from a "speculative" tradition and assert that there are no such emotions. Accordingly, they question all pieces of empirical evidence we referred to as supporting our model. In our response, we rebut these objections point by point and defend as well as expand the empirical evidence in support of our model. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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Aesthetic emotions are a key factor in aesthetic evaluation: Reply to Skov and Nadal (2020)