Fig. 1.

Sample task events for Experiments 1 to 3. (A) Task measuring temporal distance evoked by art. In Experiment 1, subjects performed the temporal distance task; each subject saw one painting and made a distance judgment. (B) Task measuring spatial distance evoked by art. In Experiment 2, subjects performed the spatial distance task; each subject saw one painting and judged it. (C) In Experiment 3, subjects performed the temporal distance task; each subject responded to a total of 21 paintings (7 concrete, 7 indeterminate, and 7 abstract).