Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts
Overview
The journal 'Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts' is a scholarly publication that explores the intersection of psychology and the arts. It delves into the cognitive, emotional, and social processes underlying aesthetic experiences, creativity, and artistic expression. The journal features research articles, theoretical discussions, and empirical studies that contribute to our understanding of how psychology influences and is influenced by various forms of artistic expression.
Details
Details
Abbr.
Psychol Aesthet Creat Arts
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Start
2007
End
Continuing
Frequency
Quarterly
p-ISSN
1931-3896
e-ISSN
1931-390X
Country
United States
Language
English
Metrics
Metrics
h-index / Ranks: 4734
75
SJR / Ranks: 4295
928
CiteScore / Ranks: 2106
8.30
Recent Articles
1.
Wesseldijk L, Gordon R, Mosing M, Ullen F
Psychol Aesthet Creat Arts
. 2024 Jan;
17(6):675-681.
PMID: 38269365
Musical aptitude and music training are associated with language-related cognitive outcomes, even when controlling for general intelligence. However, genetic and environmental influences on these associations have not been studied, and...
2.
Matheson H, Kenett Y
Psychol Aesthet Creat Arts
. 2021 Sep;
15(3):412-425.
PMID: 34567335
In the present study we devised a novel coding scheme for responses generated in a divergent thinking task. Based on considerations from behavioural and neurocognitive research from an embodied perspective,...
3.
Smeekens B, Kane M
Psychol Aesthet Creat Arts
. 2017 May;
10(4):389-415.
PMID: 28458764
Should executive control, as indicated by working memory capacity (WMC) and mind-wandering propensity, help or hinder creativity? Sustained and focused attention should help guide a selective search of solution-relevant information...
4.
Chrysikou E, Motyka K, Nigro C, Yang S, Thompson-Schill S
Psychol Aesthet Creat Arts
. 2017 Mar;
10(4):425-435.
PMID: 28344724
Pictorial examples during creative thinking tasks can lead participants to fixate on these examples and reproduce their elements even when yielding suboptimal creative products. Semantic memory research may illuminate the...
5.
Benedek M, Muhlmann C, Jauk E, Neubauer A
Psychol Aesthet Creat Arts
. 2014 May;
7(4):341-349.
PMID: 24790683
Divergent thinking tasks are commonly used as indicators of creative potential, but traditional scoring methods of ideational originality face persistent problems such as low reliability and lack of convergent and...