{"title":"The Aesthetic Emotion Lexicon: A Literature Review of Emotion Words Used by Researchers to Describe Aesthetic Experiences","authors":"Emery Schubert","doi":"10.1177/02762374221143728","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The emotions that can be considered members of the set of Aesthetic Emotions (AEs) is controversial. The present study investigated the terms used by researchers in peer reviewed studies to exemplify AEs. 100 publications from 2000–2019 exemplifying AE terms were located to produced 111 AEs which were proposed as the basis of an AE lexicon. Awe, (being) moved and wonder were reliable members and without contradiction. One fifth were negatively valenced (e.g., anger, disgust), suggesting that the presence of negative AEs is generally accepted but not reliably. One quarter of the entries were also non-AEs and an additional 20 were exclusively so, producing a total of 131 terms. The lexicon is a concrete, dynamic set of examples against which to investigate extant definitions of AEs and to further develop theory. The robust presence of three terms suggests that calls to abandon the concept of AE may be premature.","PeriodicalId":45870,"journal":{"name":"Empirical Studies of the Arts","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5000,"publicationDate":"2023-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Empirical Studies of the Arts","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02762374221143728","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
Abstract
The emotions that can be considered members of the set of Aesthetic Emotions (AEs) is controversial. The present study investigated the terms used by researchers in peer reviewed studies to exemplify AEs. 100 publications from 2000–2019 exemplifying AE terms were located to produced 111 AEs which were proposed as the basis of an AE lexicon. Awe, (being) moved and wonder were reliable members and without contradiction. One fifth were negatively valenced (e.g., anger, disgust), suggesting that the presence of negative AEs is generally accepted but not reliably. One quarter of the entries were also non-AEs and an additional 20 were exclusively so, producing a total of 131 terms. The lexicon is a concrete, dynamic set of examples against which to investigate extant definitions of AEs and to further develop theory. The robust presence of three terms suggests that calls to abandon the concept of AE may be premature.
期刊介绍:
Empirical Studies of the Arts (ART) aims to be an interdisciplinary forum for theoretical and empirical studies of aesthetics, creativity, and all of the arts. It spans anthropological, psychological, neuroscientific, semiotic, and sociological studies of the creation, perception, and appreciation of literary, musical, visual and other art forms. Whether you are an active researcher or an interested bystander, Empirical Studies of the Arts keeps you up to date on the latest trends in scientific studies of the arts.