TABLE 3.

Mean values of aesthetic experience variables for assigned (experimental Block 1) versus self-chosen (Block 2) distances.

Variable	M (assigned)	M (self-chosen)	p	Cohen d
3D impression	2.92	3.68	<0.0001	0.370 “small to medium”
Emotional	3.28	3.77	0.0025	0.263 “small”
Interestingness	3.60	4.18	0.0005	0.303 “small to medium”
Liking	3.67	4.52	<0.0001	0.400 “small to medium”
Powerfulness	3.73	4.48	<0.0001	0.418 “small to medium”
Aha	0.448	0.417	0.6172, n.s.	–

Statistical tests were conducted by means of linear mixed-effects analyses, employing models with random intercept effects for participants and artworks and the respective target variable as fixed slope effects. Effect sizes (expressed as Cohen d) are qualified according to the suggestions of Cohen (1988).