Ken Stange is a writer, visual artist, occasional scientific researcher, and a university lecturer on the psychology of art. He works in many forms and likes to mix his media. His works include poetry, fiction, arts journalism, scientific research reports, computer programs, philosophical essays, and visual art. He calls all his books "hypotheses" because of his interest in the integration of the sciences and the arts. His last published book, A Smoother Pebble, A Prettier Shell, was a collection of his art works integrated with poems and an extended essay on the relationship of science to visual art. He is currently working on a major book on the similarities and differences of creativity in the arts and the sciences. He was the founder and editor of Nebula Magazine from 1975 to 1984 and currently edits the reincarnated Nebula as an Internet publication.
This room contains links to some of his empirical research and scientific projects.
Selected Publications/Presentations Reprinted Online (for full bibliography of scientific stuff see CV)
Stange, Ken (2010). “The Solemn Frivolity of Art And Charming Frigidity of Science.” presented at The International Journal of Arts & Sciences Conference, University of Malta, and in press The International Journal of Arts & Sciences.
Stange, Ken (2009). “Using Interactive Teaching Of Probability To Explain Irrational Beliefs”, presented at ICTP (International Conference on the Teaching Of Psychology”, Vancouver, B.C.Ken (2009).
Stange, Ken (2009). “Chapter 1: Art Creation and Appreciation: Uniquely Human?” Human Characteristics: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Mind and Kind (eds. Hernik Hogh-Olesen, Preben Bertelsen, Jan Tonnesvang), Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 21 pages. {Based on paper presented at "Human Mind – Human Kind: International Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Characteristics", University of Aarhus, Denmark, 2007}
Stange, Ken, Taylor, Shelley. (2008). “Relationship Of Personal Cognitive Schemas To The Labeling Of A Profound Emotional Experience As Religious-Mystical Or Aesthetic”. Empirical Studies of the Arts, 26(1), 35-47. {Based on paper presented at The XIX Congress of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, Avignon, France, 2006}.
Stange Ken. (2001). “Research Applications Of Computerized Measurements Of Response Times In Psychological Testing”, Poster presented at The 31st Annual Conference of The Society for Computers In Psychology, Orlando, Florida.
Stange, Ken. (2000). “A 4-Parameter Model Of Visual Complexity In Abstract Images And A Computer Program For The Empirical Investigation Of Complexity, Pleasingness And Interestingness Of Images Based On The Model”. Paper presented in New York at The XVI Congress of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, and abstract published in Proceedings of XVI Congress of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics (ed. Paul Locher and Lisa Smith) Montclair State University Press, 122.
Full Paper in HTML format with screen shots Link to Free Research Software Developed for this study
Stange, Ken. (1998). “Intertwining The Two Cultures In The Year Two Thousand”, Paper presented in San Sebastian, Spain and published in Proceedings of the 1998 Mathematics & Design: Proceedings of Second International Conference (ed. Javier Barrallo), Universidad del Pais Vasco Press, 309-316.
Links
Email: Ken AT Stange DOT com :
(Photo: 2009, Ursula Stange)