Docongruencebetweenaudialandvisualmomentsauditexperience?Whilecross-modalcorreslationsbetweenvisionandhearingarewell-documented,先前的研究显示,关于视听对应是否影响主观审美体验的结果相互矛盾。这里,与肯特勒国际绘画空间(纽约市,美国),我们从以前的研究出发,在专业策划的音乐作为图像和隐喻展览中使用专门创作的音乐与视觉艺术配对。我们预先注册的在线实验包括4个条件:音频,视觉,视听意欲(艺术家意欲的艺术/音乐配对),和视听随机(随机洗牌)。参与者(N=201)被展示了16件,并且可以在他们喜欢的时候点击进入下一件。我们使用花费的时间作为审美兴趣的隐含指标。此外,在每一块之后,参与者被问及他们的主观体验(例如,感到感动)。我们发现参与者花在音频上的时间明显更多,其次是视听,其次是视觉碎片;然而,他们在视听(双模式)条件下感到最感动。与视听随机条件相比,视听预期的视听对应评分明显更高;有趣的是,虽然,在任何其他主观评定量表上,预期条件和随机条件之间没有显着差异,或花费的时间。总的来说,这些结果质疑跨模态对应与审美之间的关系。此外,结果使使用时间作为一种隐含的审美体验度量变得更加复杂。
Does congruence between auditory and visual modalities affect aesthetic experience? While cross-modal correspondences between vision and hearing are well-documented, previous studies show conflicting results regarding whether audiovisual correspondence affects subjective aesthetic experience. Here, in collaboration with the Kentler International Drawing Space (NYC, USA), we depart from previous research by using music specifically composed to pair with visual art in the professionally-curated Music as Image and Metaphor exhibition. Our pre-registered online experiment consisted of 4 conditions: Audio, Visual, Audio-Visual-Intended (artist-intended pairing of art/music), and Audio-Visual-Random (random shuffling). Participants (N = 201) were presented with 16 pieces and could click to proceed to the next piece whenever they liked. We used time spent as an implicit index of aesthetic interest. Additionally, after each piece, participants were asked about their subjective experience (e.g., feeling moved). We found that participants spent significantly more time with Audio, followed by Audiovisual, followed by Visual pieces; however, they felt most moved in the Audiovisual (bi-modal) conditions. Ratings of audiovisual correspondence were significantly higher for the Audiovisual-Intended compared to Audiovisual-Random condition; interestingly, though, there were no significant differences between intended and random conditions on any other subjective rating scale, or for time spent. Collectively, these results call into question the relationship between cross-modal correspondence and aesthetic appreciation. Additionally, the results complicate the use of time spent as an implicit measure of aesthetic experience.