Current discussion within the scientific community not only argues for the integration of arts into a therapeutic environment but encourages the cultivation of creative behavior as a socially significant act.

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Literature Regarding Art and Its Impact on Children with ASD

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Epp, K.M. (2008). Outcome-based evaluation of a social skills program using art therapy and group therapy for children on the Autism spectrum. Children & Schools, 30(1).

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Furniss, G. J. (2008, April). Designing Art Lessons for Children with Asperger Syndrome. SchoolArts, 107(8), 20.

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Furniss, G. J. (September 2008). Celebrating the Artmaking of Children with Autism. Art Education, 61(5), 8–12.

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Gerber, B. L., Kellman, J. (2010). Understanding students with autism through art. National Art Education Association.

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Lynch, R.T., Chosa, D. (1996). Group-oriented community-based expressive arts programming for individuals with disabilities: Participant satisfaction and perceptions of psychosocial impact. Journal of Rehabilitation. 

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Schleien, S.J., Mustonen, T., Rynders, J.E. (1995). Participation of children with Autism and non-disabled peers in a cooperatively structured community art program. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 25(4).

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Literature on The Psychology of Aesthetic Behavior

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Glenn, S. S., Malott, M. E., Andery, M. A. P. A., Benvenuti, M.,Houmanfar, R. A., Sandaker, I. … Vasconcelos, L. A. (2016). Toward consistent terminology in a behaviorist approach to cultural analysis. Behavior & Social Issues, 25,11–27.

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Lauring, J. O., Pelowski, M., Forster, M., Gondan, M., Ptito, M., &Kupers, R. (2016, June 13). Well, if they like it … effects of social groups’ ratings and price information on the appreciation of art. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 10(3), 344–359.

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Maclagan, D. (1998). Psychological aesthetics: Painting, feeling and making sense. London, UK: Jessica Kingsley.

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Malott, M. E. (2018). What influences audience response to figure painting? The Psychological Record, 68(3)

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Behavior Analysis of Art and Art Appreciation

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Chatterjee, A. (2004). Neuroaesthetics. In A. P. Simamura & S. F. Palmer(Eds.), Aesthetic science: Connecting minds, brains and experience(pp. 299–317). New York, NY: Oxford University Press

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Constantine, B. J. (2012). Exploring stone sculpture: A behavioral analysis. European Journal of Behavior Analysis, 13(1), 141-148.

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de Rose, J. C. (2015, May). Derived relations and meaning in responding to art. InPaper presented at the 41st annual convention of the Association of Behavior Analysis International. San Antonio: TX

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Epstein, R. (1991). Skinner, creativity, and the problem of spontaneous behavior. Psychological Science, 2(6), 362-370.

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Fitch, W. T., & Westphal-Fitch, G. (2013). Fechner revisited: Towards an inclusive approach to aesthetics. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 36(2), 140-1.

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Hayes, S. C., Barnes-Holmes, D., & Roche, B. (2001). Relational frame theory: A post-Skinnerian account of human language and cognition. New York, NY: Plenum Press.

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Lamal, P. A. (1997). A behavioral view of the visual arts. Cultural Contingencies: Behavior Analytic Perspectives on Cultural Practices, 269.

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Luke, N. M. (2003). Analysis of poetic literature using BF Skinner’s theoretical framework from verbal behavior. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 19(1), 107-114.

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Mechner, F. (2017). A behavioral and biological analysis of aesthetics: Implications for research and application.The Psychological Record.

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Mechner, F., & Mechner, F. (2018). A behavioral and biological analysis of aesthetics: Implications for research and applications. The Psychological Record, 68(3), 287-321.

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Mellon, R. C. (2018). A technology of aesthetic appreciation: Tweaking the reinforcing potency of synergetic events. The Psychological Record, 68(3), 343-346.

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Rehfeldt, R. A., Chan, S., & Katz, B. (2020). The Beethoven Revolution: A Case Study in Selection by Consequence. Perspectives on Behavior Science. doi:10.1007/s40614-020-00271-x

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Schlinger Jr, H. D. (2018). A functional analysis of “Aesthetic”: A commentary on mechner. The Psychological Record, 68(3), 353-358.

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Shimp, C. P. (2018). Science shapes the beautiful: Shaping moment-to-moment aesthetic behavior. The Psychological Record, 68(3), 359-364.

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Skinner, B. F. (1941). A quantitative estimate of certain types of sound-patterning in poetry. The American Journal of Psychology, 54(1), 64-79.

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Skinner, B. F. (1970). Creating the creative artist. On the future of art, 61-75.

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Skinner, B. F. (1972). A lecture on “having” a poem. BF Skinner, Cumulative record, 345-355.

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Suojanen, M. (2016, March 8). Aesthetic experience of beautiful and ugly persons: A critique. Journal of Aesthetics & Culture, 8(1).

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Swami, V. (2013, August). Context matters: Investigating the impact of contextual information on aesthetic appreciation of paintings byMax Ernst and Pablo Picasso.Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, & The Arts,7(3), 285–295.

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Thompson, T. (2018). Behavioral functions of aesthetics: Science and art, reason, and emotion. The Psychological Record, 68(3), 365-377. doi:10.1007/s40732-018-0314-z

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Todorov, J. C. (2013). Conservation and transformation of cultural practices through contingencies and metacontingencies. Behavior & Social Issues, 22,64–73.