Eva Specker

1.2k total citations
36 papers, 703 citations indexed

About

Eva Specker is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. According to data from OpenAlex, Eva Specker has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 703 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 13 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 13 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Recurrent topics in Eva Specker's work include Aesthetic Perception and Analysis (27 papers), Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (9 papers) and Art Education and Development (8 papers). Eva Specker is often cited by papers focused on Aesthetic Perception and Analysis (27 papers), Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (9 papers) and Art Education and Development (8 papers). Eva Specker collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and Netherlands. Eva Specker's co-authors include Helmut Leder, Matthew Pelowski, Raphaël Rosenberg, Michiel van Elk, Hanna Brinkmann, Pablo P. L. Tinio, Michael Forster, Eftychia Stamkou, Matthijs Baas and Annika K. Karinen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Eva Specker

35 papers receiving 688 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eva Specker Austria 15 448 240 226 129 91 36 703
Michael Forster Austria 13 692 1.5× 450 1.9× 289 1.3× 186 1.4× 116 1.3× 24 837
Pablo P. L. Tinio United States 17 773 1.7× 538 2.2× 415 1.8× 212 1.6× 130 1.4× 28 1.1k
Gernot Gerger Austria 15 885 2.0× 582 2.4× 392 1.7× 245 1.9× 185 2.0× 28 1.1k
Raphaël Rosenberg Austria 13 508 1.1× 307 1.3× 242 1.1× 156 1.2× 73 0.8× 36 666
G. Gabrielle Starr United States 11 583 1.3× 390 1.6× 234 1.0× 216 1.7× 49 0.5× 27 739
David Brieber Austria 8 446 1.0× 254 1.1× 219 1.0× 142 1.1× 91 1.0× 10 554
Benno Belke Austria 5 1.1k 2.5× 722 3.0× 579 2.6× 268 2.1× 226 2.5× 5 1.4k
Joerg Fingerhut Germany 11 216 0.5× 136 0.6× 137 0.6× 30 0.2× 29 0.3× 30 416
Kamil K. Imbir Poland 17 508 1.1× 330 1.4× 371 1.6× 42 0.3× 31 0.3× 65 850
Kirill Fayn Australia 11 216 0.5× 216 0.9× 180 0.8× 31 0.2× 24 0.3× 17 502

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Fields of papers citing papers by Eva Specker

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eva Specker

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All Works

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Specker, Eva, et al.. (2025). Looking at people looking at art: observations of art interactions in an everyday urban environment. Frontiers in Psychology. 16. 1658946–1658946.
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Specker, Eva. (2023). A Personal Perspective on Psychology of Aesthetics and the Arts: Ecologically Valid, Interdisciplinary, and Diverse Methodologies. Creativity Research Journal. 37(2). 293–300. 1 indexed citations
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Fingerhut, Joerg, Hanna Brinkmann, Eva Specker, et al.. (2023). How Do We Move in Front of Art? How Does This Relate to Art Experience? Linking Movement, Eye Tracking, Emotion, and Evaluations in a Gallery-Like Setting. Empirical Studies of the Arts. 42(1). 86–146. 15 indexed citations
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Specker, Eva, et al.. (2023). How Do We Understand Artworks? Exploring the Role of Artwork Inherent Features in Art Processing. Empirical Studies of the Arts. 42(2). 469–497. 3 indexed citations
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Specker, Eva, Katherine N. Cotter, & Kyung Yong Kim. (2023). The next step for the VAIAK: An item-focused analysis.. Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts. 19(4). 684–695. 5 indexed citations
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Pelowski, Matthew, et al.. (2022). The Vienna Art Picture System (VAPS): A data set of 999 paintings and subjective ratings for art and aesthetics research.. Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts. 17(5). 660–671. 20 indexed citations
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Specker, Eva, et al.. (2021). Is a “real” artwork better than a reproduction? A meta-analysis of the genuineness effect.. Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts. 17(3). 294–306. 12 indexed citations
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Specker, Eva. (2021). Further validating the VAIAK: Defining a psychometric model, configural measurement invariance, reliability, and practical guidelines.. Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts. 18(3). 449–462. 9 indexed citations
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Specker, Eva, Michael Forster, Hanna Brinkmann, et al.. (2020). Warm, lively, rough? Assessing agreement on aesthetic effects of artworks. PLoS ONE. 15(5). e0232083–e0232083. 22 indexed citations
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Specker, Eva, et al.. (2020). Dispersion matters: Diagnostics and control data computer simulation in Concealed Information Test studies. PLoS ONE. 15(10). e0240259–e0240259. 9 indexed citations
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Pelowski, Matthew, et al.. (2018). Do you feel like I do? A study of spontaneous and deliberate emotion sharing and understanding between artists and perceivers of installation art.. Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts. 14(3). 276–293. 34 indexed citations
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Specker, Eva, Michael Forster, Hanna Brinkmann, et al.. (2018). The Vienna Art Interest and Art Knowledge Questionnaire (VAIAK): A unified and validated measure of art interest and art knowledge.. Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts. 14(2). 172–185. 80 indexed citations
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Brinkmann, Hanna, et al.. (2018). Ferocious colors and peaceful lines describing and measuring aesthetic effects. 65(1). 7–26. 6 indexed citations
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Specker, Eva, et al.. (2018). The universal and automatic association between brightness and positivity. Acta Psychologica. 186. 47–53. 37 indexed citations
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Specker, Eva, Pablo P. L. Tinio, & Michiel van Elk. (2017). Do you see what I see? An investigation of the aesthetic experience in the laboratory and museum.. Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts. 11(3). 265–275. 52 indexed citations

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