John P. McLaughlin
Associate Professor 
Ph.D., New York University, 1965
johnmcl@udel.edu
Department of Psychology
Phone: (302) 831-2752: Office
Office: Room 213 Wolf Hall: (302) 831-3645: Fax
Research Interests
I am interested in aesthetic experience. You
may wish to see the web page for the Psychology of Aesthetics.
My research is primarily focused on responses to visual art and explores
the impact of variables such as compositional configuration on different
subgroups of observers, e.g., novices vs. experts or right- vs. left-handers.
Past results indicate, among other things, that patterns of differential
lateral cerebral specialization contribute to aesthetic preferences. Memory
for aesthetically-important qualities is also under examination at the
present time.
Recent Publications
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Mead, A. M., & McLaughlin, J. P. (1992). The roles of handedness and
stimulus asymmetry in aesthetic preference. Brain and Cognition, 20,
300-307.
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McLaughlin, J. P., & Murphy, K. (1994). Preference for profile orientation
in portraits. Empirical Studies of the Arts, 12, 1-7.
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Mclaughlin, J. P., & Kermisch, J. (1997). Salience of compositional
cues and the order of presentation in the picture-reversal effect. Empirical
Studies of the Arts, 15, 21-27.
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McLaughlin, J. P., & Cramer, J. E. (1998). Memory for aesthetic qualities.
Empirical
Studies of the Arts, 16, 25-32.
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