Empirical aesthetics from a haptic perspective: A functional model for haptic aesthetic processing C-C Carbon1, M Jakesch2 |
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1Department of General Psychology and Methods, University of Bamberg, Germany |
| Research in aesthetics typically focuses on a) pure visual and b) static phenomena leaving unanswered a great many questions on haptic aesthetics and from a dynamic view. The present paper discusses current models of aesthetic processing and integrates new findings from cross-modal and haptic domains addressing top-down processes and mere exposure effects. Based on these empirical findings and theoretical considerations with regard to haptic research, the paper develops a functional model of haptic aesthetics which is explained step-by-step. This model assumes a continuous increase of elaborative processing through three subsequent processing stages beginning with low-level perceptual analyses that encompass an initial, unspecific exploration of the haptic material. After a subsequent, more elaborate and specific perceptual assessment of global haptic aspects, the described process enters into deeper cognitive and emotional evaluations involving individual knowledge on the now specified haptic material. The paper closes with an overview of empirical findings which are integrated and critically reflected in the realm of the functional model. |
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