Cross-cultural empirical aesthetics seeks to determine whether the psychological processes
underlying aesthetic preference are universal. Here we provide a critical review of the field's …

This paper reviews the research ideas around consumer response to product design. From
the product side, we discuss the most significant design features preferred by average …

Aesthetic sensitivity has been defined as the ability to recognize and appreciate beauty and
compositional excellence, and to judge artistic merit according to standards of aesthetic …

Creativity literature was criticized for its bias towards conventional areas (eg arts), and
creativity studies in domains less concerned about creativity, such as environmental …

People differ in how they respond to artworks. Measuring such individual differences is
helpful for explaining response variability and selecting particularly responsive subsamples …

When an individual participates in empirical studies involving the visual arts, they most often
are presented with a stream of images, shown on a computer, depicting reproductions of …

Aesthetics constitute a fundamental element of the tourist experience and contribute to
tourists' behavioral intention. Yet, empirical research on destination aesthetics is very …

The purpose of the current study is to validate a measure of sensory processing sensitivity,
the Highly Sensitive Person Scale, with a sample of high-ability individuals. Participants …

The features of objects have a strong influence on how we evaluate, judge, approach, and
behave toward them. People generally prefer complex, symmetric, balanced and curved …

The social and emotional world of the gifted encompasses both an exploration of their
unique social and emotional characteristics and experiences, and the psychosocial skills …