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Fear Heightens Appreciation of Abstract Art

by The Puget News Tumblr on February 15, 2012

Boo! Now go look at a Rothko.

“Fear was the only factor found to significantly increase sublime feelings,” the researchers report. Having just been jolted by that frightening film clip “resulted in significantly higher sublime scores than all other conditions, which did not differ significantly from each other.”

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