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Conceptual metaphors, processing fluency, and aesthetic preference

L Zhang, M Atari, N Schwarz, EJ Newman, R Afhami
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Perceptual Organisation Affects Perception and Appreciation of Abstract Art: A Case Study with Black Square and Red Square by Kazimir Malevich

A Sarami, R Afhami, J Wagemans
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A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic

K Wang, A Goldenberg, CA Dorison, JK Miller, A Uusberg, JS Lerner, ...
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The Relation between the Objective Aspects and the Aesthetic Perception of Web Pages Case Study: The Website of Iranian Newspapers in the Year 2019

R Rouzbahani, R Afhami, N Abdolvand
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Core-port connectivity: Towards shaping a national hinterland in a West Asia country

Hashem Dadashpoor, Mojtaba Arasteh
Journal PapersTransport Policy , 2020 January 27, {Pages }

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The relationship between seaports and hinterlands play an important role in shaping the spatial structure of a country. The present article intends to explore the port-hinterland commodity relations in the last two decades in Iran by using a social network analysis method to analyze the intensity, direction, and concentration of commodity flows and to explain the spatial structure of port-hinterland relations. The results indicate that the southern ports of Iran have strengthened the centrality of the main inland city. Most selected indicators show that the three nodes including Tehran, Bandar Abbas, and Mahshahr Port have been the most interacting and exchanging commodity flows during the recent two decades. Thus, we can conclude that Tehr

The Breast Size Satisfaction Survey (BSSS): Breast size dissatisfaction and its antecedents and outcomes in women from 40 nations

Viren Swami, Ulrich S Tran, David Barron, Reza Afhami, Annie Aim?, Carlos A Almenara, Nursel Alp Dal, Ana Carolina Soares Amaral, Sonny Andrianto, Gulnaz Anjum, Marios Argyrides, Mohammad Atari, Mudassar Aziz, Benjamin Banai, Joanna Borowiec, Alexandra Br
Journal PapersBody image , Volume 32 , 2020 March 1, {Pages 199-217 }

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The Breast Size Satisfaction Survey (BSSS) was established to assess women’s breast size dissatisfaction and breasted experiences from a cross-national perspective. A total of 18,541 women were recruited from 61 research sites across 40 nations and completed measures of current-ideal breast size discrepancy, as well as measures of theorised antecedents (personality, Western and local media exposure, and proxies of socioeconomic status) and outcomes (weight and appearance dissatisfaction, breast awareness, and psychological well-being). In the total dataset, 47.5 % of women wanted larger breasts than they currently had, 23.2 % wanted smaller breasts, and 29.3 % were satisfied with their current breast size. There were significant cross-nat

Challenges of integration of education for sustainable development in Handcrafts higher education

Hassanali Pourmand, Gholamreza Zakersalehi, Reza Afhami, Saghar Karimi
Journal PapersQuarterly Journal of Research and Planning in Higher Education , Volume 26 , Issue 2, 2020 September 10, {Pages 27-51 }

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The purpose of present study was to analyze the current status of Handcrafts’ education in Iran’s Art universities in the context of sustainable development discourse. This idea was shaped due to the potential and actual capacity of handicrafts’ industries encountered an education model for sustainable development. The main question was how is the current status of bachelor of Handcraft education to reach an education model for sustainable development? A qualitative case study methodology was chosen for this study. The sampling method was purposeful. The data collection was done through semi-structured interviews with Handcraft education experts, which was done until the theoretical saturation was achieved. Using thematic analysis 16

Role of women painters in the restoration and preservation of miniature in contemporary painting in Iran (in the last four decades)

Reza Rafiei Rad, Sevda Abolhasan Moghaddami, Reza Afhami, Shahryar Shokrpour
Journal PapersPeykareh , Volume 8 , Issue 18, 2020 February 20, {Pages 17-Jan }

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Despite the pervasiveness of modern visual arts principles, as well as diverse styles and techniques that are rapidly spreading in the world, Iranian painting (miniature) carries out both actual and potential visual and expressive functions. With the presence of female painters in the history of contemporary Iranian art, Iranian female painters, apart from the use of Western methods and techniques, have gained great success in using some of the visual techniques of this treasure in the contemporary Iranian painting.The current study aimed to collect and introduce these contemporary painters and assess and analyze their artworks by considering the presence of miniature in their artworks. The question is about the role of Iranian female paint

The Semiotics of Central Zagros Iron Age Pins Head

Mohammad Hasan Salek Akbari, Alireza Hojabri Nobari, REZA Afhami
Journal Paperspazhoheshha-ye Bastan shenasi Iran , Volume 9 , Issue 23, 2020 January 21, {Pages 71-90 }

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Pins of Central Zagros in Iron Age are categorized into two main groups of Straight Pins and Headed Pins. The second group has three subgroups: 1-Castting Pinheads, 2- Openwork Pinheads and 3- Dis-headed Pins. These Pinheads contain various motifs such as humans, animals, imaginary creatures combined, herbs, geometric and abstract shapes. many scholars began to propose various interpretations concerning the nature, function, and symbolic meanings of these motifs. Among them, one can point out to the theories that attributed them to Mesopotamian gods & Iranian gods and myths. None of the ideas has been presented based on the analysis of all sorts of disc-headed pins; therefore, they are not able to provide a fairly comprehensive theory that

Sustainable Development-Based Education in Higher Education with Emphasis on Sustainability Competencies of the Graduates (Case Study: Bachelor course of Handicrafts)

Saghar Karimi, HasanAli Pourmand, Gholamreza Zakersalehi, Reza Afhami
Journal PapersIranian Higher Education , Volume 12 , Issue 1, 2020 March 10, {Pages 31-Jan }

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This research aims to identify the basic changes and requirements in the structure of higher education of handicrafts to acquire the graduateschr ('39') sustainability qualifications. Since higher educationchr ('39') s philosophy and goal is to educate sustainable human beings, a successful graduate has acquired all the sustainability qualifications and can integrate them into his knowledge and actions. The main question of this research is as follows: What measures should be taken in the educational structure of the bachelor course of handicrafts in order for the graduates to acquire sustainable qualifications in the field? The method of this research is qualitative and exploratory. The initial data were obtained through semi-structured in

Investigating the Relationship Between Anthropomorphism and Point of View by Analyzing the Visual Structure of Film in ?€ œHunters and Hunted?€(2009)

Vahid Shamshirian, Reza Afhami, Ali Sheikh Mehdi
Journal PapersThe Journal of Social Sciences Research , Volume 6 , Issue 2, 2020 January , {Pages 158-166 }

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This paper examines the creation of anthropomorphism through a point of view focusing on visual structure in the "Hunters and Hunted"(2009) documentary. One of the criticisms of wildlife films is the anthropomorphism of animal behavior and relationships in ecosystems in these documentaries, as it can lead to distortions of animal behavior in ecosystems. One of the aims of this article is to indicate the part of anthropomorphism that is created through the point of view and through the visual form of the work, so in order to avoid anthropomorphism in films, more attention should be paid to the form of aesthetic. Point-of-view analysis shows that subjective point of view (P.O.V) shots leads to anthropomorphism from the perspective of non-huma

Relationship between Aesthetics of Image and Ecological Awareness among Theorists of Ecocinema

Vahid Shamshirian, Reza Afhami, Ali Sheikhmehdi
Journal PapersHonar--Ha-Ye-Ziba: Honar-Ha-Ye-Namayeshi Va Mosighi , Volume 25 , Issue 3, 2020 November 21, {Pages 15-24 }

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Nowadays, the concept of sustainable development is progressively considered in all contemporary activities, including art and has been featured in the cinema since2004 with introduction of the term "Ecocinema" as a field of study. Earlier, film criticism and analysis of the ecological issues was limited to the scattered studies of critics such as Wilson, Armstrong, Seibert, Mitman, and Bous? with the focus on wildlife documentaries. But from this year, and within a short time, all kinds of cinematic genres, from fictional to documentary and experimental films have attracted the attention of critics. Similarly, many researchers from the humanities and social sciences have focused on ecological issues in cinema studies. As we see nowadays th

A Survey of the Social Behavior & Emotional Preferences of Machin-Made Carpet Costumers in Terms of Design & Color Using Kansei Engineering

AT Sabaghpour, F TALEBPOUR, R AFHAMI
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Investigating the Relationship Between Anthropomorphism and Point of View by Analyzing the Visual Structure of Film in †œHunters and Huntedâ€(2009)

V Shamshirian, R Afhami, AS Mehdi
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Memento Mori: the influence of personality and individual differences on aesthetic appreciation of death-related artworks by Damien Hirst

Shahin Mohammadi-Zarghan, Reza Afhami
Journal PapersMortality , 2019 February 8, {Pages 19-Jan }

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Art provides a useful setting for the evaluation of death-related concepts. The present study was designed to examine personality and individual difference correlates of the aesthetic preference for the death-related artworks of Damien Hirst. We examined the role of the Big Five personality dimensions, narcissism, alexithymia, religiosity, art interest, aesthetic judgment style, and death obsession in the aesthetic preferences for thirty death-related artworks by Damien Hirst. A sample of 210 individuals was exposed to death-related artworks of this artist and rated their aesthetic appreciation for each work. All participants also completed measures related to other personality and individual difference constructs.

Psychometric assessments of Persian translations of three measures of conspiracist beliefs

Mohammad Atari, Reza Afhami, Viren Swami
Journal PapersPloS one , Volume 14 , Issue 4, 2019 April 18, {Pages e0215202 }

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Several self-report measures of conspiracist beliefs have been developed in Western populations, but examination of their psychometric properties outside Europe and North America is limited. This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of three widely-used measures of conspiracist beliefs in Iran. We translated the Belief in Conspiracy Theory Inventory (BCTI), Conspiracy Mentality Questionnaire (CMQ), and Generic Conspiracist Belief Scale (GCBS) into Persian. Factorial validity was examined using principal-axis factor analysis in a community sample from Tehran, Iran (N = 544). Further, the relationships between scores on these measures and hypothesized antecedents (i.e., education, schizotypal personality, information processing

Induced Perceptual Organization in Ordered Dot-Lattices: The Effect of an Inclined Line

Arefe Sarami, Reza Afhami
Conference PapersPERCEPTION , Volume 48 , 2019 April 1, {Pages 126-126 }

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• Quantification and unravelling the mechanisms of perceptual organization is crucial to interpreting phenomena in modern visual perception science.• The objective was to study the induced grouping of ungrouped elements under the effect of embedding (explicitly inserting) and mapping (implicitly inserting) an inclined line on a dot-lattice. The idea is to study the hypothesis that the same perceptual grouping effect as the effect of titling a frame around the dot-lattice (an exterior effect) would also be induced by tilting a single line on to the lattice (an interior effect)[1].

Revising the Influence of Persian, Indian and Chinese motifs on the architectural decorations of Kerman from the Safavid time to present

Fatemeh Khozaei, Mina Safizadeh, Reza Afhami, Hassan Ahmad Sanusi
Journal Papers , Volume 16 , Issue 7200631, 2019 January 1, {Pages 71-86 }

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Statement of the problem: Kerman has long established its historical position in Iran, and it seems at some points the importance of its position has been highlighted. Since Bandar Abbas turned into an important commercial port, Kerman has been an important trade point in the country on the Silk Road. Due to many trade exchanges with India and China in Kerman, this second-class city turned into a first-class city during the Safavid. However, less exists on how its interactions with other culture and geographical proximity to other countries have influenced the architecture and adornments of buildings in Kerman during the Safavid and since then. Purpose of the study: The purpose of this research is to examine the adornments of buildings in K

Theory-Driven Assessment of Intrasexual Rivalry

Farzan Karimi-Malekabadi, Elahe Ghanbarian, Reza Afhami, Razieh Chegeni
Journal PapersEvolutionary Psychological Science , 2019 January , {Pages 08-Jan }

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Assessment of intrasexual competition has largely relied on Intrasexual Competition Scale (ICS; Buunk & Fisher Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 7:37–48, 2009). Based on recent developments in mating psychology and the notion that humans use multiple tactics to compete with same-sex individuals, we propose a new theory-driven assessment strategy for intrasexual rivalry in men and women. Here, we develop and initially validate the 16-item Intrasexual Rivalry Scale (IRS). Eight items represented self-promoting tactics in four mating areas and eight items represented rival-derogatory tactics in the same mating areas. We pre-registered our study design and statistical strategy and recruited a community sample in a non-Western c

Magical thinking and superstitious beliefs in Iranian culture

Reza Afhami, Naeeme Danesh, Shahin Mohammadi-Zarghan
Journal PapersJournal of Cultural Cognitive Science , Volume 3 , Issue 1, 2019 June 1, {Pages 21-29 }

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There is evidence that superstitious beliefs are different across cultures. Yet, very little attention has been allocated to psychological research on culture-specific superstitions, particularly in non-Western societies. The present study examined magical thinking and superstitious beliefs in Iran, developing a culture-specific measure named Iranian Superstitious Beliefs Questionnaire (ISBQ). Following a comprehensive study on folklore superstitions in Iran, we developed a 10-item measure. Women scored higher than men in all items, but the magnitude of the gender effect was small to moderate. Exploratory factor analysis suggested that two factors can be extracted: magical thinking (5 items) and superstitious beliefs (5 items).

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