Eva Specker
Biographic Data
| ID | 5448586 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eva Specker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eva |
| FAMILY NAME | Specker |
| SIGNATURE | SPECKER E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vienna |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0836-045X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The next step for the Vaiak
When the painting meets its musical inspiration
A Personal Perspective on Psychology of Aesthetics and the Arts
In this invited paper, my aim is to introduce the reader to my body of work by outlining where I think empirical aesthetics, and specifically the study of art, is moving or should be moving toward. I will introduce two main foci of my work: 1) studying art/aesthetics outside of the laboratory and in their "natural habitat," i.e. doing ecologically valid studies (most commonly in the museum), and 2) methodological aspects of studying art/aesthetic…
Further validating the Vaiak
How lasting is the impact of art
The Vienna Art Picture System (Vaps)
Together in the dark
Is a “real” artwork better than a reproduction? A meta-analysis of the genuineness effect
Who benefits from online art viewing, and how
When experienced in-person, engagement with art has been associated with positive outcomes in well-being and mental health. However, especially in the last decade, art viewing, cultural engagement, and even ‘trips’ to museums have begun to take place online, via computers, smartphones, tablets, or in virtual reality. Similarly, to what has been reported for in-person visits, online art engagements—easily accessible from personal devices—have also…
How are real artworks and reproductions judged? The role of anchoring in empirical investigations of the genuineness effect
The anchoring effect is one of the most robust findings in psychology. In its most general form, the anchoring effect entails that people make relative judgements and decisions compared to some reference point or “anchor”. In the current study, we investigate if the anchoring effect could explain why a genuineness effect—a difference in aesthetic experience between a physical work of art and its (digital) reproduction—has so far not been found in…
Is there a general “art fatigue” effect? A cross-paradigm, cross-cultural study of repeated art viewing in the laboratory
Radically revolutionary or pretty flowers? The impact of curatorial narrative of artistic deviance on perceived artist influence
The importance of curatorial narrative-the embedding of artworks or an entire exhibition inside a wider context of meaning and significance-is clear in theory but has not been empirically investigated. We do not actually know if curatorial decisions, even something as simple as changing the order or the types of other artworks with which a painting is exhibited, actually impact how art and artists are perceived. Do viewers respond to temporal or …
Testing the facsimile accommodation hypothesis
Research has failed to find evidence for a genuineness effect: the idea that aesthetic experiences are better when looking at real artworks versus reproductions of those artworks. One common explanation for this lack of an effect is the facsimile accommodation hypothesis. This hypothesis states that people can "look past" the limitations of a reproduction, which obscures the effect. However, this hypothesis itself has never been tested. In the cu…
Do you feel like I do? A study of spontaneous and deliberate emotion sharing and understanding between artists and perceivers of installation art
The Vienna Art Interest and Art Knowledge Questionnaire (Vaiak)
‘Standing in Awe’
The experience of awe is typically elicited in response to perceptually vast stimuli and is often characterized by feeling small and insignificant. In the present series of studies we aimed (1) to determine the effects of awe on body perception and (2) to elucidate the role of the personality trait of ‘absorption’ (i.e. the tendency to get fully immersed in one’s experiences) in relation to the feeling of awe. Across 4 different studies, involvin…
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‘Standing in Awe’
The experience of awe is typically elicited in response to perceptually vast stimuli and is often characterized by feeling small and insignificant. In the present series of studies we aimed (1) to determine the effects of awe on body perception and (2) to elucidate the role of the personality trait of ‘absorption’ (i.e. the tendency to get fully immersed in one’s experiences) in relation to the feeling of awe. Across 4 different studies, involvin…
Do you feel like I do? A study of spontaneous and deliberate emotion sharing and understanding between artists and perceivers of installation art
The Vienna Art Interest and Art Knowledge Questionnaire (Vaiak)
Is there a general “art fatigue” effect? A cross-paradigm, cross-cultural study of repeated art viewing in the laboratory
Radically revolutionary or pretty flowers? The impact of curatorial narrative of artistic deviance on perceived artist influence
The importance of curatorial narrative-the embedding of artworks or an entire exhibition inside a wider context of meaning and significance-is clear in theory but has not been empirically investigated. We do not actually know if curatorial decisions, even something as simple as changing the order or the types of other artworks with which a painting is exhibited, actually impact how art and artists are perceived. Do viewers respond to temporal or …
Testing the facsimile accommodation hypothesis
Research has failed to find evidence for a genuineness effect: the idea that aesthetic experiences are better when looking at real artworks versus reproductions of those artworks. One common explanation for this lack of an effect is the facsimile accommodation hypothesis. This hypothesis states that people can "look past" the limitations of a reproduction, which obscures the effect. However, this hypothesis itself has never been tested. In the cu…
The Vienna Art Picture System (Vaps)
Together in the dark
Is a “real” artwork better than a reproduction? A meta-analysis of the genuineness effect
Who benefits from online art viewing, and how
When experienced in-person, engagement with art has been associated with positive outcomes in well-being and mental health. However, especially in the last decade, art viewing, cultural engagement, and even ‘trips’ to museums have begun to take place online, via computers, smartphones, tablets, or in virtual reality. Similarly, to what has been reported for in-person visits, online art engagements—easily accessible from personal devices—have also…
How are real artworks and reproductions judged? The role of anchoring in empirical investigations of the genuineness effect
The anchoring effect is one of the most robust findings in psychology. In its most general form, the anchoring effect entails that people make relative judgements and decisions compared to some reference point or “anchor”. In the current study, we investigate if the anchoring effect could explain why a genuineness effect—a difference in aesthetic experience between a physical work of art and its (digital) reproduction—has so far not been found in…
Further validating the Vaiak
How lasting is the impact of art
The next step for the Vaiak
When the painting meets its musical inspiration
A Personal Perspective on Psychology of Aesthetics and the Arts
In this invited paper, my aim is to introduce the reader to my body of work by outlining where I think empirical aesthetics, and specifically the study of art, is moving or should be moving toward. I will introduce two main foci of my work: 1) studying art/aesthetics outside of the laboratory and in their "natural habitat," i.e. doing ecologically valid studies (most commonly in the museum), and 2) methodological aspects of studying art/aesthetic…
Aesthetic Perception and Analysis (12 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Art (11 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Aesthetics (8 works) · Art Education and Development (7 works) · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Visual arts (7 works) · Cognitive psychology (5 works)