Samuel Françoise, Kerzel Dirk
Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l'Education, Université de Genève, Bd du Pont d'Arve 40, CH-1205 Genève, Switzerland; e-mail:
Iperception. 2013 Jan 8;4(1):57-77. doi: 10.1068/i0557. Print 2013.
In two experiments, we explored whether compositions made up of two or three rectangles received high aesthetics ratings when the composition was equilibrated, that is, when the center of mass of the weights represented by the areas of the rectangles were in the center of the composition. We supposed that equilibrated stimuli might be appreciated as much as symmetric stimuli. We further wanted to find out whether aesthetics ratings, balance ratings, and weight ratings differ from each other, and which stimulus characteristics influence each rating. We observed that the position of the center of mass of the compositions influenced the aesthetics ratings only slightly whereas it influenced the weight ratings more strongly. In contrast with this, the variation of the overall shape of the rectangles making up the compositions influenced the aesthetics ratings more strongly than the weight ratings. At first sight, balance ratings appeared intermediate between the aesthetics ratings and the weight ratings. However, when we varied the area ratio of the rectangles making up the composition, we observed that the balance ratings were independent of the two other ratings.
在两项实验中，我们探究了由两个或三个矩形组成的构图在达到平衡时，即当由矩形面积所代表的权重的质心位于构图中心时，是否会获得较高的美学评分。我们推测平衡的刺激可能与对称的刺激一样受到欣赏。我们还想弄清楚美学评分、平衡评分和权重评分是否彼此不同，以及哪些刺激特征会影响每种评分。我们观察到，构图质心的位置对美学评分的影响较小，而对权重评分的影响更大。与此相反，构成构图的矩形整体形状的变化对美学评分的影响比对权重评分的影响更大。乍一看，平衡评分似乎介于美学评分和权重评分之间。然而，当我们改变构成构图的矩形的面积比时，我们发现平衡评分与其他两项评分无关。
