cortical-arousal factor

cortical-arousal factor

in psychological aesthetics, a response to a work of art that is associated with ratings that are high on the drowsy–alert and weak–powerful scales. Compare uncertainty-arousal factor. [proposed by Daniel E. Berlyne]

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