Psychology and the arts
By: edited by David O'Hare.
Contributors: O'Hare, David.
Publisher: Harvester Press; Humanities Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Brighton, Sussex; Atlantic Highlands, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
Subjects: Arts -- Psychological aspects
Notes: Bibliography: p. 305-332.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to "Psychology and the arts" / David O'Hare; title: Aesthetic experience / Martin S. Lindauer; title: Aesthetic preferences and individual differences / Hans J. Eysenck; title: Aesthetic choice and coping with conflict / Pavel Machotka; title: Children's perceptions of works of art / Howard Gardner; title: Understanding metaphors / Andrew Ortony; title: Music, meaning, and use / W. Jay Dowling; title: Structure and processes in style discrimination / David O'Hare; title: Left and right in art / Ian Gordon; title: Aesthetic preferences / W. Ray Crozier and Anthony Chapman; title: Art and psychopathology / R.W. Pickford.