Principal investigator
Helmut Leder is the PI of this project and is Head of the Department of Basic Psychological Research and Research Methods at the University of Vienna. He is Professor of General Psychology and established the research focus 
Psychological Aesthetics.
University of Vienna - Faculty of Psychology
Department of Basic Psychological Research
Liebiggasse 5 | 1010 Wien | Austria
helmut.leder@univie.ac.at
Phone: +43 1 4277 47821
Participating scientists
Raphael Rosenberg is Head of the Department of Art History at the University of Vienna. His research focuses are italian renaissance art, 19th century art, the history of art literature and art reception, and empirical art perception (Eye Movement Laboratory at the Department of Art History).
University of Vienna - Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies
Department of Art History
Universitätscampus Hof 9 | Spitalgasse 2 | 1090 Wien | Austriaraphael.rosenberg@univie.ac.at
Phone: +43 1 4277 41420
PhD Students
Laura Commare studied art history at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich. In her PhD project she focuses on dimensions of complexity in art and its effect on art reception.
University of Vienna - Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies
Cognitive Science Research Platform
Department of Art History
Universitätscampus Hof 9 | Spitalgasse 2 | 1090 Wien | Austrialaura.commare@univie.ac.at
Phone: +43 1 4277 41454
David Brieber (formaly Welleditsch) studied psychology at the University of Vienna. His main research interests are psychological aesthetics, aesthetic emotional processing, and psychophysiologcal measures.
University of Vienna - Faculty of Psychology
Cognitive Science Research Platform
Department of Basic Psychological Research
Liebiggasse 5 | 1010 Wien | Austriadavid.brieber@univie.ac.at
Phone: +43 1 4277 47141
Faculty of Psychology
University of Vienna
Liebiggasse 5
1010 Wien