uncertainty-arousal factor

in psychological aesthetics, a response to a work of art that reflects autonomic reactions in the viewer, as opposed to cortical arousal. The factor includes simple–complex, clear–indefinite, and disorderly–orderly components, which are said to reflect subjective uncertainty. Compare cortical-arousal factor.

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November 25th 2024

association-reaction time

in a word-association test, the elapsed time between stimulus and response.