People who think more abstractly respond better to ads that portray mixed emotions, according to a new study. People who think more abstractly respond better to ads that portray mixed emotions, ...

Joy Gong said her play doesn’t have a beginning, middle or end. “Everything Between Me and My Abstract Desires” debuted Sunday in Macgowan Hall as part of the Shakespeare Company at UCLA’s new works ...

Springfield artists have always been adaptable when it comes to displaying their work in places other than galleries. In the past, I’ve written about art in accounting firms, at City Utilities, at the ...

The primary authors of this post are Dirk B. Walther (University of Toronto) and Claudia Damiano (KU Leuven) Have you ever stood before an abstract painting, feeling a surge of emotion but struggling ...

Normally, people's reactions to art are considered subjective -- Munch's The Scream might instill a foreboding anxiety in you, but do absolutely nothing for your friend. However, artist Wassily ...

Viewed as a means of human expression, art reflects the depths of imagination and the abstract emotions that define human existence. Given the changes in our ever-evolving world, it should come as no ...

The phrase “heartbroken” isn’t just poetic metaphor – it might be an accurate description of how emotional language creates genuine physical sensations in your body. When you describe feelings using ...

Dhara Singh is one of CNET's summer interns and a student at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. She loves digging deep into the social issues that arise from everyday technology. Aside from ...