Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Reber, Rolf"
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Effects of Facial Symmetry and Gaze Direction on Perception of Social Attributes: A Study in Experimental Art History
Folgerø, Per Olav; Hodne, Lasse; Johansson, Christer; Andresen, Alf Edgar; Sætren, Lill Charlotte; Specht, Karsten; Skaar, Øystein Olav; Reber, Rolf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)This article explores the possibility of testing hypotheses about art production in the past by collecting data in the present. We call this enterprise “experimental art history”. Why did medieval artists prefer to paint ... -
The Epistemic Status of Processing Fluency as Source for Judgments of Truth
Reber, Rolf; Unkelbach, Christian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-09-07)This article combines findings from cognitive psychology on the role of processing fluency in truth judgments with epistemological theory on justification of belief. We first review evidence that repeated exposure to a ... -
Processing Fluency and Aesthetic Pleasure: Is Beauty in the Perceiver’s Processing Experience?
Reber, Rolf; Schwarz, Norbert; Winkielman, Piotr (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2004-12-01)We propose that aesthetic pleasure is a function of the perceiver’s processing dynamics: The more fluently perceivers can process an object, the more positive their aesthetic response. We review variables known to influence ... -
The use of heuristics in intuitive mathematical judgment
Reber, Rolf; Brun, Morten; Mitterndorfer, Karoline (Journal article, 2008-07-16)Anecdotal evidence points to the use of beauty as an indication for truth in mathematical problem solving. Two experiments examined the use of heuristics and tested the assumption that participants use symmetry as a cue ...