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18The meanings of the physiognomic stimuli taketa and malumaBulletin of the Psychonomic Society 28 (1): 47-50. 1990.Physiognomic properties refer to the nonliteral sensory, perceptual, and affective connotations evoked by an object: a mountain, for example, is big as well as “quiet, looming, and threatening.” In this study (N = 58), the three types of meanings carried by meaningless stimuli were examined. Four equally unfamiliar stimuli, which were either physiognomically evocative (maluma and taketa) or neutral, were rated on 15 perceptual, affective, and sensory scales. Taketa and maluma were distinguished …Read more
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15The effects of the physiognomic stimuli taketa and maluma on the meanings of neutral stimuliBulletin of the Psychonomic Society 28 (2): 151-154. 1990.In physiognomy, sensory, perceptual, and affective connotations are suggested by an object. For example, a mountain, in addition to being literally big, may also seem “quiet, looming, and threatening.” The capacity of physiognomically endowed but meaningless stimuli (like taketa and maluma) to transfer these meanings to similarly unfamiliar but neutral stimuli was examined on 15 perceptual, affective, and sensory rating scales (N = 118). The meanings of the two neutral stimuli were influenced in…Read more
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20Exorcising the ghosts in the study of eidetic imageryBehavioral and Brain Sciences 2 (4): 609-610. 1979.
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30Brightness differences and the perception of figure-groundJournal of Experimental Psychology 84 (2): 291. 1970.
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14Preferences for figural complexity as a function of cognitive styleBulletin of the Psychonomic Society 16 (3): 221-224. 1980.
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3Woher, wozu, wohin?: Fragen nach dem menschlichen Leben: viertes Symposium der Universität Würzburg (edited book)E. Klett. 1990.
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3The Psychological Study of LiteratureJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 34 (1): 87-88. 1975.
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Imagery and the artsIn Anees A. Sheikh (ed.), Imagery: Current Theory, Research, and Application, Wiley. pp. 468--506. 1983.
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15Expectation and satiation accounts of ambiguous figure-ground perceptionBulletin of the Psychonomic Society 27 (3): 227-230. 1989.
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11Size and distance perception of the physiognomic stimulus “taketa”Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society 26 (3): 217-220. 1988.
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17Seeing and touching aesthetic objects: I. JudgmentsBulletin of the Psychonomic Society 24 (2): 121-124. 1986.
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16Artistic and nonartistic backgrounds as determinants of the cognitive response to the artsBulletin of the Psychonomic Society 15 (5): 354-356. 1980.
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9Seeing and touching aesthetic objects: II. DescriptionsBulletin of the Psychonomic Society 24 (2): 125-126. 1986.
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3A failure to find an effect of perceptual set on creativityBulletin of the Psychonomic Society 28 (1): 33-36. 1990.
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35Toward a liberalization of experimental aestheticsJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 31 (4): 459-465. 1973.
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