Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for specific aesthetic reactions of art experts and laypersons, for original and manipulated saturation.

		Experts		Laypersons		All
		(n = 75)		(n = 72)		(n = 147)
Item	Saturation	M	(SD)	M	(SD)	M	(SD)
Insight	Original	2.34	(0.59)	2.13	(0.63)	2.24	(0.61)
	Manipulated	2.28	(0.66)	2.14	(0.62)	2.21	(0.64)
Being moved	Original	2.30	(0.66)	1.98	(0.58)	2.15	(0.64)
	Manipulated	2.22	(0.68)	2.08	(0.57)	2.15	(0.63)
Interest	Original	2.85	(0.66)	2.55	(0.61)	2.70	(0.65)
	Manipulated	2.84	(0.67)	2.74	(0.58)	2.79	(0.63)
Confusion	Original	1.80	(0.52)	1.73	(0.54)	1.76	(0.53)
	Manipulated	2.05	(0.68)	1.77	(0.55)	1.91	(0.64)
Surprise	Original	2.14	(0.57)	1.90	(0.56)	2.02	(0.57)
	Manipulated	2.41	(0.60)	2.22	(0.63)	2.31	(0.62)
Boredom	Original	2.19	(0.53)	2.33	(0.69)	2.26	(0.62)
	Manipulated	2.14	(0.55)	2.13	(0.62)	2.14	(0.58)

Item scores range from 1 to 5.