Threat

Associated Documents (1)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Aronoff, JoelHow we recognize angry and happy emotion in people, places, and things

Associated Hypotheses (3)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Aronoff, Joel"Diagonal lines and acute angles [will] elicit subjective emotional responses associated with threat, in comparison to the more positive emotional response evoked by curved or straight lines " (89).
Aronoff, JoelMovements in classical ballet will use angular and diagonal spatial forms to convey threat and use rounded spatial forms to convey affection and warmth (93).
Aronoff, JoelIn 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).

Associated OCMs

  1. drives and emotions