Winfried Menninghaus
Max Planck Society
131 Papers
391 Citations
Winfried Menninghaus is an academic researcher from Max Planck Society. The author has contributed to research in topics: Rhyme & Sadness. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 120 publications. Previous affiliations of Winfried Menninghaus include Free University of Colombia & Free University of Berlin.
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Papers
The quartet theory of human emotions: An integrative and neurofunctional model
Stefan Koelsch,Arthur M. Jacobs,Winfried Menninghaus,Katja Liebal,Gisela Klann-Delius,Christian von Scheve,Gunter Gebauer +6 more
TL;DR: A neurobiological theory of emotions that includes emotions which are uniquely human (such as complex moral emotions), considers the role of language for emotions, advances the understanding of neural correlates of attachment-related emotions, and integrates emotion theories from different disciplines is presented.
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The emotional power of poetry: neural circuitry, psychophysiology and compositional principles.
Eugen Wassiliwizky,Eugen Wassiliwizky,Stefan Koelsch,Stefan Koelsch,Valentin Wagner,Thomas Jacobsen,Winfried Menninghaus +6 more
TL;DR: Using psychophysiology, neuroimaging and behavioral responses, recited poetry can act as a powerful stimulus for eliciting peak emotional responses, including chills and objectively measurable goosebumps that engage the primary reward circuitry.
When we like what we know – A parametric fMRI analysis of beauty and familiarity
Isabel C. Bohrn,Ulrike Altmann,Oliver Lubrich,Oliver Lubrich,Winfried Menninghaus,Arthur M. Jacobs +5 more
TL;DR: This paper identified clusters in which BOLD activity was correlated with individual post-scan beauty ratings, indicating that some spontaneous aesthetic evaluation takes place during reading, even if not required by the task.
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Aesthetic and emotional effects of meter and rhyme in poetry
Christian Obermeier,Winfried Menninghaus,Martin von Koppenfels,Tim Raettig,Maren Schmidt-Kassow,Sascha Otterbein,Sonja A. Kotz +6 more
TL;DR: Findings clearly show that both meter and rhyme significantly contribute to the aesthetic and emotional perception of poetry and thus confirm assumptions about their impact put forward by cognitive poetics.
Admiration and adoration: their different ways of showing and shaping who we are.
TL;DR: Analysis of admiration and adoration reveals that admiration motivates the internalisation and emulation of ideals embodied by an outstanding role model, whereas adoration primarily serves to bind communities together.
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