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Experimental aesthetics is the second oldest research area in psychology, psychophysics being the only field which is older. [1] In his central work Introduction to Aesthetics (Vorschule der Ästhetik) Fechner describes his empirical approach extensively and in detail. Experimental aesthetics is characterized by a subject-based, inductive approach.
Although IAEA has been active for half a century, the domain of experimental aesthetics is much older. It is the second-oldest branch of scientific psychology, traditionally dating from 1876, the year Gustav Theodor Fechner (1801-1887) published his Vorschule der Aesthetik (Preschool of Aesthetics). Fechner, who also is credited with founding ...
Vittorio Gallese, MD, studied medicine at the University of Parma, Parma, Italy, and was awarded a degree in Neurology in 1990. He is a Full Professor of physiology in the Department of Neuroscience of the University of Parma, Full Professor in Experimental Aesthetics at the Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study of the University of London, UK and Adjunct Senior Research Scholar at ...
Gustav Theodor Fechner (/ ˈ f ɛ x n ər /; German:; 19 April 1801 – 18 November 1887) [1] was a German physicist, philosopher, and experimental psychologist.A pioneer in experimental psychology and founder of psychophysics (techniques for measuring the mind), he inspired many 20th-century scientists and philosophers.
Experimental aesthetics Clementina " Kit " Caroline Anstruther-Thomson (15 December 1857 – 7 July 1921) was a Scottish author and art theorist . She was known for writing and lecturing on experimental aesthetics during the Victorian era .
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Movements in aesthetics" ... Experimental aesthetics; F. Feminist aesthetics; G.
Edward Bullough (28 March 1880 – 17 September 1934) was an English aesthetician and scholar of modern languages, who worked at the University of Cambridge.He did experimental work on the perception of colours, and in his theoretical work introduced the concept of psychical distance: that which "appears to lie between our own self and its affections" in aesthetic experience.
The analysis of individual experience and behaviour based on experimental methods is a central part of experimental aesthetics. In particular, the perception of works of art, [60] music, sound, [61] or modern items such as websites [62] or other IT products [63] is studied. Experimental aesthetics is strongly oriented towards the natural sciences.