Testing whether and when abstract symmetric patterns produce affective responses.

Symmetry has a central role in visual art, it is often linked to beauty, and observers can detect it efficiently in the lab. We studied what kind of fast and automatic responses are generated by visual presentation of symmetrical patterns. Specifically, we tested whether a brief presentation of nove...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marco Bertamini, Alexis Makin, Anna Pecchinenda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3698216?pdf=render