Glossary // Glossary term Theoretical
Awe
An emotion felt in response to something perceived as vast, whether physically, conceptually or socially, that challenges one's current understanding. Keltner and Haidt proposed perceived vastness and a need for accommodation as its two central appraisals, with threat, beauty, ability, virtue and the supernatural shaping its tone. Awe can be pleasant or tinged with fear, and it is often grouped with the self-transcendent emotions. What moving in time with others does to people: evidence that synchrony increases affiliation and cooperation, that group dance raises pain thresholds, and that musical peaks engage the brain's reward system. The works the definition rests on, with the level of evidence each was appraised at. (2003). Approaching awe, a moral, spiritual, and aesthetic emotion. doi:10.1080/02699930302297 Supports the definition of awe by perceived vastness and a need for accommodation, with further appraisals shaping its tone. A conceptual proposal, not an empirical test.Where the site uses it
Studies behind it