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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Art promotes exploration of negative content.

Yagmur Ozbay, Eftychia Stamkou, Suzanne Oosterwijk

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Yagmur OzbayDepartment of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1018 WT, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-0436-9580
Eftychia StamkouDepartment of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1018 WT, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-4393-3639
Suzanne OosterwijkDepartment of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1018 WT, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-2155-8148

Funding

European Commission (EC) Horizon 2020-ID 870827Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO) VI.Veni.201G.013
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Experiencing negative content through art has a unique power to transform our perceptions and foster engagement. While this idea has been widely discussed, empirical evidence is scarce, since experimental testing of art experiences poses significant challenges. Here, we aimed to fill this gap by quantifying and comparing individuals' preference for engaging with art and nonart depicting matched negative content via two behavioral measures: the choice to engage vs. avoid and the duration of engagement. Across five studies (total

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ArtEmotionsEstheticsAdultFemaleHumansMaleMotivationYoung Adultaesthetic distanceartmorbid curiosity

Identifiers

PMID39888916
PMCPMC11804676

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