A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Aesthetic Preferences for Neatly Organized Compositions: Native Chinese- Versus Native Dutch-Speaking Samples ...

Do aesthetic preferences for images of neatly organized compositions (e.g., images collected on blogs like Things Organized Neatly © ) generalize across cultures? In an earlier study, focusing on stimulus and personal properties related to order and complexity, Western participants indicated their preference for one of two simultaneously presented images (100 pairs). In the current study, we compared the data of the native Dutch-speaking participants from this earlier sample ( N = 356) to newly collected data from a native Chinese-speaking sample ( N = 220). Overall, aesthetic preferences were... Mehr ...