How we recognize angry and happy emotion in people, places, and things

Cross-Cultural Research Vol/Iss. 40 Published In Pages: 83-105
By Aronoff, Joel

Hypothesis

In 17th-century Dutch art, threatening configurations will take meaning from diagonal and angular forms and happy and intimate configurations take meaning from curved forms (99).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
UNKNOWNSupportedp<.005UNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Diagonal/angular FormsIndependentVisual Arts, Representative Art
ThreatDependentDrives And Emotions