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ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Uncertainty as a Gateway to Beauty: The Impact of Uncertainty Reduction on Art Appreciation.

Yan Duan, Yonghui Hou, Tingting Ouyang, Wanyi Chen, Chenjing Wu, Wei Zhang, Xianyou He

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Article in Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

7 authors.

Yan DuanCenter for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China.
Yonghui HouCenter for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China.
Tingting OuyangCenter for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China.
Wanyi ChenSchool of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China.
Chenjing WuCenter for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China.
Wei ZhangCenter for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China.
Xianyou HeCenter for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3118-4047

Funding

Guangdong Planning Project of Philosophy and Social Science GD23XXL14Research Center for Brain Cognition and Human Development of Guangdong province 2024B0303390003the MOE Project of Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences in Universities 22JJD190005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Art theory suggests that the pleasure of art appreciation stems from resolving uncertainty, yet empirical support for this idea remains limited. To address this gap, we conducted three studies (

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Aesthetic of Reception theoryart appreciationmeaning-makinguncertainty

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PMID41750095
PMCPMC12938020

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