Why are negative emotions so central in art reception far beyond tragedy? Revisiting
classical aesthetics in the light of recent psychological research, we present a novel model …

Research seeking a scientific foundation for the theory of art appreciation has raised
controversies at the intersection of the social and cognitive sciences. Though equally …

We disagree with Juslin & Västfjäll's (J&V's) thesis that music-evoked emotions are
indistinguishable from other emotions in both their nature and underlying mechanisms and …

Research indicates that people value music primarily because of the emotions it evokes.
Yet, the notion of musical emotions remains controversial, and researchers have so far been …

There is certainly a need for a framework to guide the study of the physiological mechanisms
underlying the experience of music and the emotions that music evokes. However, this …

Researchers have wondered how the brain creates emotions since the early days of
psychological science. With a surge of studies in affective neuroscience in recent decades …

Human physical characteristics and their perception by the brain are under pressure by
natural selection to optimize reproductive success. Men and women have different strategies …

Despite a staggering body of research demonstrating sex differences in expressed emotion,
very few theoretical models (evolutionary or non-evolutionary) offer a critical examination of …

Efforts to bridge emotion theory with neurobiology can be facilitated by dynamic systems
(DS) modeling. DS principles stipulate higher-order wholes emerging from lower-order …

How do we appreciate a work of art? Why do we like some artworks but not others? Is there
no accounting for taste? Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to explore connections …