do we like this thesis? See below. wc
----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Norman Holland <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, February 15, 2011 1:17:40 PM Subject: New doctoral thesis on psychological aesthetics FYI. The dissertation in question deals with photographs and soundscapes. --With warm regards, Norm Norman Holland Hello All -- I received the following and wanted to pass it along to the Division. I'm sure you'll all join me in wishing Csten the best for his defense and what will certainly be an outstanding career! Cheers, Lisa The following information may be of general interest to the members of the Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts. On Friday 4th Mars 2011 I will defend my doctoral thesis on psychological aesthetics at Stockholm University, Sweden. My thesis is entitles b Aesthetic Appreciation Explicatedb . In my thesis I develop a new theoretic model called the Information-Load Model. This model asserts that aesthetic appreciation is grounded in the relationship between the amount of information of stimuli and peoplebs capacity to process this information. This relationship results in information load, which in turn creates emotional responses to stimuli. Aesthetic appreciation corresponds to an optimal degree of information load. Initially, the optimal degree is relatively low. As an individual learns to master information in a domain (e.g., photography), the degree of information load, which corresponds to aesthetic appreciation, increases. A full-text, electronic version of my doctoral thesis may be downloaded at: http://su.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:390632/FULLTEXT01 Kind regards, Csten Axelsson Click on this link to unsubscribe from this list UNSUBSCRIBE An email will automatically open with "Unsubscribe" in the subject area. Just Send the message, as is, to unsubscribe from this list..
