Symbolic Interpretation of Abstract Images, Intuition, Imagination, and Emotional Responsiveness.

Poster Session X

Keyword: Music and Arts

Abstract: We compared intuitive and creative thinking styles, emotional responsiveness, and symbolic interpretations of abstract images. Regression analysis revealed that symbolic interpretation is positively associated with imaginative thinking, sadness, and faster emotional responsiveness, and (unexpectedly) negatively associated with emergent thinking. Symbolic interpretation was also unrelated to intuitive thinking.

• Chris Bjornsen (Presenting Author)
• Amanda Wilson (Author)
• Bailey Shaw (Author)