Traditionally, architectural practice has been dominated by the eye/sight. In recent decades,
though, architects and designers have increasingly started to consider the other senses …

Human aesthetic preference in the visual domain is reviewed from definitional,
methodological, empirical, and theoretical perspectives. Aesthetic science is distinguished …

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 …

This textbook provides a complete overview of motivation and emotion, using an
overarching organizational scheme of how biological, psychological, and environmental …

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 …

The majority of the world's population now lives an urban existence, spending as much as
95% of their lives indoors. The olfactory atmosphere in the built environment has been …

There is a stable relationship between the Openness/Intellect domain of personality and
aesthetic engagement. However, neither of these are simple constructs and while the …

Extant research on product design has suggested that a design's typicality is an important
determinant of consumers' aesthetic liking. Yet most studies to date have measured …

Consumers use aesthetics bias to judge the risk of their food intake, having an important
impact on food waste of less appealing food (ie, aesthetically imperfect foods). In six studies …

We define aesthetic emotions as emotions that underlie the evaluative assessment of
artworks. They are separated from the wider class of art-elicited emotions. Aesthetic …