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  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Aesthetics

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  • Self-transcendence (ST) involves ego-dissolution and connectedness, promoting well-being but is difficult to access.
  • Aesthetic chills are a psychophysiological response with similarities to ST, yet direct links are unproven.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between aesthetic chills and self-transcendence.
  • To determine if aesthetic chills can serve as an indicator of self-transcendence.

Main Methods:

  • A diverse sample of 2937 participants were exposed to chills-eliciting stimuli.
  • Assessed chills likelihood and intensity, mood, and self-transcendence.
  • Employed statistical analyses including ANOVA, mutual information, and correlation.

Main Results:

  • Chills likelihood and intensity were positively associated with self-transcendence measures, even after controlling for covariates.
  • Chills and self-transcendence measures showed reliable interrelationships across various audiovisual stimuli.
  • Findings suggest aesthetic chills may reflect intense self-transcendent experiences.

Conclusions:

  • Aesthetic chills are reliably linked to self-transcendence.
  • Aesthetic chills may offer a more accessible pathway to studying and potentially inducing self-transcendence.
  • Further research is needed on generalizability and causality.