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Empathy strengthens the effect of emotion on beauty.

Anna Bruns1, Denis G Pelli1

  • 1New York University.

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|September 24, 2024

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Higher empathy enhances the connection between emotions and perceived beauty in art and music. This effect is stronger for music, particularly when sadness is involved, showing empathy

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Aesthetics

Background:

  • Emotion significantly influences aesthetic judgments of various stimuli.
  • Empathy is hypothesized to play a crucial role in facilitating aesthetic experiences.
  • Individual differences in empathy may modulate how emotions impact beauty perception.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether individual empathy levels moderate the relationship between emotion and beauty judgments.
  • To explore the differential effects of emotion on the beauty of images versus music.
  • To examine how both felt and perceived emotions contribute to aesthetic appreciation.

Main Methods:

  • 164 participants rated the beauty, happiness, and sadness of art images, nature photographs, and songs.
  • Mood was manipulated using videos, and measured pre/post via the PANAS questionnaire.
  • Trait empathy was assessed using the Questionnaire for Cognitive and Affective Empathy.
  • Structural equation modeling was employed to analyze the relationships between empathy, emotion, and beauty.

    • Main Results:

    • Higher empathy correlated with a stronger positive association between beauty and both felt and perceived emotions for images and music.
    • Perceived happiness and sadness directly increased perceived beauty for both images and music.
    • Sadness had a more pronounced effect on music's beauty than images', an effect amplified by empathy.

    Conclusions:

    • Empathy strengthens the link between emotional responses and aesthetic judgments, particularly for music.
    • Both felt and perceived emotions contribute to beauty, with greater impact in individuals with higher empathy.
    • The findings highlight the significant role of empathy in shaping our emotional and aesthetic responses to art and music.