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    Viewing art can improve our mood and well-being    
      
     Date:   
         May 5, 2023   
     Source:   
         Max-Planck-Gesellschaft   
     Summary:   
         A recent study sheds light on online art viewing as a source of   
         pleasure and meaning-making that can boost our well-being.   
      
      
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   Art can have a positive effect on our mood. But does this also work when   
   we look at paintings on a screen? An international research team involving   
   the University of Vienna, the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics   
   in Nijmegen and the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics   
   (MPIEA) in Frankfurt am Main decided to investigate this question. The   
   study was funded by the EU Horizon ART*IS Project. The results have now   
   been published as an open access article in the journal Computers in   
   Human Behavior.   
      
   240 study participants viewed an interactive Monet Water Lily art   
   exhibition from Google Arts and Culture. By filling out a questionnaire,   
   they provided information about their state of mind, how much pleasure   
   they felt when looking at the pictures, and how meaningful they considered   
   the experience to be. The results showed significant improvements in   
   mood and anxiety after just a few minutes of viewing.   
      
   "Online art viewing is an untapped source of support for well-being   
   that can be consumed as bite-sized bits of meaning-making and pleasure,"   
   says MacKenzie Trupp, first author from the University of Vienna.   
      
   The study also found that some participants were more receptive to   
   art than others and were able to benefit more. This advantage could be   
   predicted using a metric called "aesthetic responsiveness."  "Aesthetic   
   responsiveness describes how people react to diverse aesthetic stimuli,   
   like art and nature. The results showed that individuals with high levels   
   of art and aesthetic responsiveness benefit more from online art viewing   
   due to having more pleasurable and meaningful art experiences," explains   
   Edward A. Vessel of MPIEA, developer of the Aesthetic Responsiveness   
   Assessment (AReA).   
      
   The findings of this study are particularly interesting for people who   
   are unable to visit museums in person, such as those with health problems.   
      
   Furthermore, the results suggest that interactive art exhibitions   
   and similar online experiences should be designed with an awareness   
   of individual differences in aesthetic responsiveness. The study thus   
   expands insight into the benefits and limitations of art in digital media   
   and points the way for increasing the wellness potential of online art.   
      
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   Story Source: Materials provided by Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. Note:   
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   Journal Reference:   
      1. MacKenzie D. Trupp, Giacomo Bignardi, Eva Specker, Edward A. Vessel,   
         Matthew Pelowski. Who benefits from online art viewing, and how: The   
         role of pleasure, meaningfulness, and trait aesthetic responsiveness   
         in computer-based art interventions for well-being. Computers in   
         Human Behavior, 2023; 145: 107764 DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2023.107764   
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/05/230505101654.htm   
      
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