Job Posting: We’re looking for a student assistant (HiWi) to support us! If you’re interested in the topics of aesthetics and learning, are studying in a related field, and are located in Tübingen (or nearby) then apply! 👨‍💻👩‍💻 Feel free to share the info 📣 iwm-tuebingen.de/de/karriere/...

Curious what a CREA workshop looks like? Take a peek at this behind-the-scenes video from our December 2025 workshop, “Learning In and From the Museum,” at IWM, Tübingen @iwmtue.bsky.social Now are really looking forward to CREA 2026 in London!🎡 ➡️ youtu.be/DD3a1SeDdaM 🎥

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Dr. @gemmaschino.bsky.social, Deputy Head of the Aesthetics & Learning lab/ Research Focus: Gemma’s research explores the interplay between aesthetic experiences, sense-making, & emotions through an embodied cognition lens. She investigates how people engage with art in museums & lab settings alike.

Crossroads of Research and Experience of Art (CREA, crea-workshop.com) 2025 will take place on December 19th at the Aesthetics & Learning Lab (IWM, Tübingen). This year’s theme: Learning in and from Museums. We will host interactive, practical exercises, and plenty of idea-sharing #MuseumResearch

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The workshop is invite-only, but don’t worry—on December 18th, we’ll host an open online-accessible event with talks for everyone. Preliminary program is already online, sign-up here: kmrc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... More details soon! :)

#CREA: Crossroads of Research and Experience of Art #Symposium 🗓️ 18/12/2025 at the IWM in Tübingen, focusing on the theme of #Learning in & from #Museums. The event will be held in a hybrid format, allowing participation in person & online. ℹ️ & registration: sites.google.com/rug.nl/crea/... #art

Since October, Nina Schmidt has joined our team as our team assistant! 🎉 We’re thrilled to have her on board and look forward to working together. Welcome, Nina! 💜

Last week, Emma and Gemma attended the 2nd Conference on Aesthetic Development at @ae.mpg.de in Frankfurt am Main. It was lovely to connect with colleagues and share ideas on how aesthetic experiences evolve across lifespans. Looking forward to the next edition! #science #conference

✨ PhDefended! ✨ I’ve finished my PhD “Feeling Art”, which explores how emotions, sensations, movements, and conversations shape art experiences (🔗 doi.org/10.33612/dis...). Huge thanks to all who supported me and excited to continue as a postdoc at the @allab-iwm.bsky.social of @iwmtue.bsky.social 💫

Last week I have defended my PhD in the beautiful Aula of the @rug.nl with a thesis entitled "Mapping the Sequence Landscape of an Artificial Enzyme". Such a huge diploma is proportionate to the immensely beautiful experience behind a PhD in the @roelfesgroup.bsky.social. Thank you very much to all!

🎓 𝐁𝐒𝐒 𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲 Gemma Schino: ''𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐭'' @gemmaschino.bsky.social shows how physical sensations, movements and conversations help shape the experience and meaning of art. 👉🏻 Read more: edu.nl/8hkwh

Turin, you were beautiful!✨ And the #BeautyAndChange conference was a melting pot of ideas. We were so glad to be part of it and that we got to share our research projects there. Thanks to the organizers and all the people who listed to our team's 💡-filled talks and Eva's🔥 keynote. See you in 2026!

Eva, Gemma, Max and Ava from the ALL were delighted to join the ‘Arts Engagement and Aesthetic Experience – Bridging the Gap between Arts and Science’ conference hosted by the ETH-Zürich and the Social Brain Sciences Lab. We were excited to present our research surrounded by the beautiful nature🌴☀️🗻

The alumni from the University of Groningen (UG) are coming together at the Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut Rome for an evening of knowledge, memories, and networking (and drinks!). Spread the word and join ➡️ alumni_event_rome_2025.eventbrite.nl 🎟 Limited tickets (€5) – register before 10 October!

Job Posting: We’re looking for two student assistants (HiWis) to support us! If you’re interested in the topics of aesthetics and learning, are studying in a related field, and are located in Tübingen (or nearby) then apply! 👨‍💻👩‍💻 Feel free to share the info 📣 iwm-tuebingen.de/de/karriere/...

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I wasn't aware of this until recently, but there is a very neat set of #OpenSesame plugins for #Tobii eye trackers! This could make life a lot easier for Tobii users! Thanks to Rosbag, Niehorster, and Nyström. osdoc.cogsci.nl/4.1/manual/e... #eyetracking #psychology #pupillometry

Join our team! We're hiring a Team Assistant to support the ALLab. Responsibilities include administrative tasks, calendar management & more. German (and English) language skills are essential. Check it out and pass on the news: www.iwm-tuebingen.de/de/karriere/...

✨ Does our body resonate differently when an everyday object is reframed by an artist as ready-made art? Full story & #OpenScience #Rcode are available in our latest publication Ruta, Schino, Wolfe & Iosifyan (2025) Scientific Reports ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Ready-made bodily sensations - Scientific Reports

Embodiment plays an important role in art engagement, yet it is unclear how expectations shape bodily sensations, especially when interacting with ready-made art. In this study, we investigated how ex...

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Huge thanks to the #VSAC2025 organizers for such an incredible conference! Special thanks to everyone who stopped by my poster "From preliminary findings to a large-scale diary study: Investigating aesthetic experience in everyday life" - loved the insightful discussions and exchanges! 🤓💡

Hi Bluesky! 🦋 We are the Aesthetics and Learning Lab (ALL). ALLab is based in the Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien (IWM) in Tübingen. Its aim is to empirically investigate how and what can be learned from aesthetic experiences ✨ Stay tuned, for now... That's ALL folks!

Emotions are more than just feelings when we engage with art! 🟠🔵🟣🟢🔴 Our new paper reveals they are integral sense-making strategies, shaping how we perceive, imagine, conceptualize, and analyze during art experiences and conversations. ➡️ doi.org/10.3389/fpsy... #art #sensemaking #emotions #NLP #EGA

Frontiers | Experiencing art together: integrating affect and semiosis

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Had an amazing time presenting at the HAT lab in Leiden yesterday! Great discussions and reactions to my presentation on Emotional Dynamics and Sense-Making in Art Experiences Across Age Groups (stay tuned for more updates). Thanks again to everyone involved for such stimulating conversations! 💡

Thrilled to share the publication of "Can playing Dungeons & Dragons be good for you?" led by the brilliant @joelbillieux.bsky.social and his fantastic team. I was lucky to play a small part in this epic quest. 🎲🐉🧟‍♀️🔥⚔️ Link: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #DnD #MentalHealth #TTRPG

Can playing Dungeons and Dragons be good for you? A registered exploratory pilot programme using offline tabletop role-playing games to mitigate social anxiety and reduce problematic involvement in mu...

Gamers with poor self-concept, high social anxiety and high loneliness are more at risk of problematic involvement in video games, such as massively multiplayer online role-playing games. There is a r...

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VSAC 2025@vsac-social.bsky.social · 2y ago

VSAC 2025: Call for abstracts and symposia! Submit your proposal at 2025.vsac.eu/submission We look forward to hearing about your work! #art #science #visualartofscience #conference #vsac #visualart #artscience #illusionart

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Time for my first post on Bluesky! Excited to share my new pre-print: "Making Sense With Art Together: Integrating Affect and Semiosis". How do emotions and cognitive strategies shape our shared sense-making of meaningful art objects? Check it out, feedback is welcome! 👉 DOI:10.31234/osf.io/rqn87

Aesthetic experience reconsidered: The sensory valuation account of aesthetic experience. doi.org/10.1038/s441... #Neuroaesthetics #EmpiricalAesthetics #AestheticExperience @natrevpsych.bsky.social

The sensory valuation account of aesthetic experience - Nature Reviews Psychology

Aesthetic experience has traditionally been considered a unique kind of experience that occurs when people view specific objects such as artwork. In this Perspective, Nadal and Skov posit an account o...

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