Ana Clemente
Research interesets
- Creativity
- Expert working memory
- Skill acquisition and expertise development
- Motivation, learning and reward
- Evaluative judgment
- Multisensory integration
- Biocultural evolution
- Active inference
Vita
Academic Education
| 2017–2021 | Ph.D. in human evolution and cognition, University of the Balearic Islands, Spain |
| 2016–2017 | M.Sc. in human evolution and cognition, University of the Balearic Islands and Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems, Associated Unit to the Superior Centre for Scientific Research, Spain |
| 2007–2010 | M.Phil. in art history, University of La Laguna, Spain |
| 2005–2007 | M.Mus. in solo performance (Aufbaustudium Konzertexamen), Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf, Germany |
Academic Experience
| Since 11/2023 | Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Cognitive Neuropsychology, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Germany, and Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, McGill University, Canada |
| 2022–2023 | Margarita Salas postdoctoral fellow, Department of Cognition, Development and Educational Psychology, Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, and Cognition and Brain Plasticity Unit, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, Spain |
| 2020 | Visiting researcher, Division of Media Technology and Interaction Design, and Division of Speech, Music, and Hearing, Royal Institute of Technology KTH Stockholm, Sweden |
| Since 2020 | Visiting researcher, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, UK |
| 2017–2021 | La Caixa INPhINIT doctoral fellow, Human Evolution and Cognition Research Group, University of the Balearic Islands, Spain |
| 2013–2017 | Associate professor, Superior Conservatory of Music of the Balearic Islands, Spain |
| 2011–2012 | Adjunct secretary, Superior Conservatory of Music of the Canary Islands, Spain |
| 2010–2012 | Head of Erasmus program and Bureau of international relations, Superior Conservatory of Music of the Canary Islands, Spain |
| 2010–2011 | Head of the Department of winds and percussion, Superior Conservatory of Music of the Canary Islands, Spain |
| 2007–2013 | Associate professor, Superior Conservatory of Music of the Canary Islands, Spain |
Publications
Articles in peer-reviewed journals
Clemente, A. (2024). Commentary on Friedman et al. (2024): A General Preference for Complexity? Empirical Musicology Review.
Clemente, A., Board, F., Pearce, M. T., & Orgs, G. (2024). Dynamic complexity in audiovisual aesthetics. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1037/aca0000685
Clemente, A., Kaplan, T. M., & Pearce, M. T. (2024). Perceptual representations mediate effects of stimulus properties on liking for music. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1–12. doi.org/10.1111/nyas.15106
Hamilton, M., Clemente, A., Hall, E., & Pearce, M. (2024). The Billboard Melodic Music Dataset (BiMMuDa). In Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval,2024, 7(1), 113–128. doi.org/10.5334/tismir.168
Penacchio, O. & Clemente, A. (2024). Commentary on Binz et al. (2023): Meta-learning in active inference. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X24000074
Clemente, A., Penacchio, O., Vila-Vidal, M., Pepperell, R., & Ruta, N. (2023). Explaining the curvature effect: Perceptual and hedonic evaluations of visual contour. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1037/aca0000561
Clemente, A., Friberg, A., & Holzapfel, A. (2023). Relations between perceived affect and liking for melodies and visual designs. Emotion, 23(6), 1584–1605. doi.org/10.1037/emo0001141
Clemente, A., Pearce, M. T., & Nadal, M. (2022). Musical aesthetic sensitivity. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 16(1), 58–73. doi.org/10.1037/aca0000381
Clemente, A., Pearce, M. T., Skov, M., & Nadal, M. (2021). Evaluative judgment across domains: Liking balance, contour, symmetry, and complexity in melodies and visual designs. Brain and Cognition, 151, 105729. doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2021.105729
Clemente, A., Vila-Vidal, M., Pearce, M. T., Aguiló, G., Corradi, G., & Nadal, M. (2020). A set of 200 musical stimuli varying in balance, contour, symmetry, and complexity: Behavioral and computational assessments. Behavior Research Methods, 52(4), 1491–1509. doi.org/10.3758/s13428-019-01329-8
Corradi, G., Chuquichambi, E. G., Barrada, J. R., Clemente, A., & Nadal, M. (2020). A new conception of visual aesthetic sensitivity. British Journal of Psychology, 111(4), 630–658. doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12427
Nadal, M., Corradi, G., Barrada, J. R., Clemente, A., & Chuquichambi, E. G. (2020). Reply to Myszkowski et al. (2020): Some matters of fact concerning aesthetic sensitivity. British Journal of Psychology, 111(4), 663–664. doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12443
Book chapters
Clemente, A. (FA, CA) (2022). Aesthetic sensitivity: Origin and development. In Skov, M. and Nadal, M., eds., The Routledge International Handbook of Neuroaesthetics (pp. 240–253). Routledge. doi.org/10.4324/9781003008675-13
Open sources and resources
Billboard Melodic Music Dataset: https://github.com/madelinehamilton/BiMMuDa
Complexity in AudioVisual Aesthetics (CAVA) stimulus set: https://osf.io/e5uh9/
Liking for visual symmetry (LiS) stimulus set and source code: https://osf.io/tu4dk/
Music Chords (MIC) stimulus set: https://osf.io/zvbxu/
MUsical STimulus (MUST) set and toolbox: https://osf.io/bfxz7/
Naturalistic MUsical STimulus (NatMUST) set: https://osf.io/k6gme/
Visual Contour (ViCo) stimulus set and widget: https://osf.io/kv38d/
Theses
Clemente, A. (2021). Aesthetic Sensitivity. Doctoral dissertation, award: Excellent cum laude, International doctorate. University of the Balearic Islands, Spain. https://www.tdx.cat/handle/10803/673506?locale-attribute=en
Clemente, A. (2017). To Touch or not to Touch: Multimodal Experience in the Aesthetic Appreciation of Sculptures in an Art Gallery. Master’s dissertation, award: 10/10. University of the Balearic Islands, Spain. https://dspace.uib.es/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11201/146222/tfm_2016-17_MCEV_asc735_1340.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Peer-reviewed conferences
2024
Clemente, A., Kaplan, T. M., & Pearce, M. T. (2024/07/04). Perceptual representations mediate effects of stimulus properties on liking for music. The European Society for Cognitive Science of Music Triennial Conference (ESCOM12), York, UK
Clemente, A., Vicente, U., & Marco-Pallarés, J. (2024/07/04). The role of grammaticality in liking for music. The European Society for Cognitive Science of Music Triennial Conference (ESCOM12), York, UK
Clemente, A. & Penacchio, O. (2024/05/10). Active inference and hedonic evaluation. XXVIII Conference of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics (IAEA), Palma, Spain
Clemente, A. & Penacchio, O. (2024/05/09). Hedonic foraging: An active inference account. XXVIII Conference of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics (IAEA), Palma, Spain
Clemente, A., Board, F., Pearce, M. T., & Orgs, G. (2024/05/08). Dynamic complexity in audiovisual aesthetics. XXVIII Conference of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics (IAEA), Palma, Spain
2023
Ruta, N., Clemente, A. (2023/08/25). Explaining the curvatureeffect. The Visual Science of Art Conference (VSAC) 2023. Nicosia, Cyprus
2022
Clemente, A. (2022/09/02). Philosophical obstacles in empirical aesthetics (symposium chair; speakers: Aenne Brielmann, Joerg Fingerhut, Gregor Hayn-Leischenring, & Bill Seeley). XXVII Conference of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics (IAEA), Philadelphia, USA
Clemente, A. (2022/09/02). Individual perceptual mediation of the influence of stimulus properties on liking for music. XXVII Conference of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics (IAEA), Philadelphia, USA
Clemente, A., Fàbrega-Camps, G., Ara, A., Vicente, U., & Marco-Pallarés, J. (2022/09/01). Functional connectivity in liking for musical and visual contour. XXVII Conference of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics (IAEA), Philadelphia, USA
Clemente, A. (2022/08). Individual perceptual mediation of the influence of stimulus properties on liking for music. Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC), Portland, USA
Clemente, A. (2022/06/28). Pleasure in perception (symposium chair; speakers: Beatriz Calvo-Merino, Emily Cross, David Huron, Josep Marco-Pallarés, & Martin Skov), IX Iberian Conference on Perception (ICP)
Clemente, A. (2022/06/01). Unpacking the curvature effect: Perceptual and hedonic judgments of visual contour. Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Florida, USA, Journal of Vision, 22(3701). https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.22.14.3701
Clemente, A. (2022/05). Evaluative judgment across domains. International Conference of Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON), Helsinki, Finland
2021
Clemente, A. (2021/09/03). Evaluative judgment across domains. XXVI Conference of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics (IAEA), City University of London, UK
Clemente, A., Penacchio, O., Vila-Vidal, M., Pepperell, R., & Ruta, N. (2021/09/02). Contrasting perceptual and hedonic judgments of visual contour. XXVI Conference of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics (IAEA), City University of London, UK
Clemente, A., Penacchio, O., Vila-Vidal, M., Pepperell, R., & Ruta, N. (2021/08/26). Contrasting perceptual and hedonic judgments of visual contour. 43rd European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP)
Clemente, A., Friberg, A., & Holzapfel, A. (2021/07/31). Perceived affect in sensory valuation across domains. ICMPC16-ESCOM11 conference on Connectivity and diversity in music cognition, Department of Music, The University of Sheffield, UK
Clemente, A., Board, F., Pearce, M. T., & Orgs, G. (2021/07/30). Hedonic judgment of audiovisual displays: Liking for complexity in dynamic sound and image sequences. ICMPC16-ESCOM11 conference on Connectivity and diversity in music cognition, Department of Music, University of Sheffield, UK
Clemente, A., Board, F., Pearce, M. T., & Orgs, G. (2021/06/23). Hedonic judgment of audiovisual displays: Liking for complexity in dynamic sound and image sequences. 18th Rhythm Production and Perception Workshop (RPPW) 2021, RITMO, University of Oslo, Norway
Clemente, A. (2021/06/20). Evaluative judgment across domains. Neurosciences and Music - VII (Neuromusic Aarhus) Conference, Aarhus, Denmark
Clemente, A., Board, F., Pearce, M. T., & Orgs, G. (2021/06/15). Hedonic judgment of audiovisual displays: Liking for complexity in dynamic sound and image sequences. Swedish Society of Musicology (SSM) Music Research Today 2021 Conference, University College of Music Education in Stockholm (SMI), Malmö Academy of Music (Lund University) and Piteå Academy of Music (Luleå University of Technology), Sweden
Clemente, A., Penacchio, O., Vila-Vidal, M., Pepperell, R., & Ruta, N. (2021/04/23). Contrasting perceptual and hedonic judgments of visual contour. Visual Properties Driving Visual Preference (VPDVP) 2021 Workshop, University of Liverpool, UK
2020
Clemente, A. (2020/06/10). Modality-specific or amodal cues informing sensory valuation? SSM Music Research Today 2020 Conference, Lund University: Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences, Malmö Academy of Music, Inter Arts Center, Odeum, Sweden
2019
Clemente, A. (2019/11/20). The MUST set and toolbox. Nordic Sound and Music Computing Network (NordicSMC) 2019 Conference, Stockholm, Sweden
Clemente, A. (2019/10/16). The MUST set and toolbox. 14th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research (CMMR) 2019, Marseille, France, published by Springer Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences Series
Clemente, A. (2019/09/12). Musical and visual aesthetic sensitivity. The Aesthetic Experience Today (AET) 2019 Conference, Prague, Czech Republic
Clemente, A. (2019/08/22). Musical and visual aesthetic sensitivity. The Visual Science of Art Conference (VSAC) 2019, Leuven, Belgium
Clemente, A. (2019/08/08). A set of 200 musical stimuli varying in balance, contour, symmetry, and complexity: Behavioral and computational assessments. Cognitively Based Music Informatics Research (CogMIR) 2019 Conference, New York, USA
Clemente, A. (2019/06/20). Musical and visual aesthetic sensitivity. 8th Iberian Conference on Perception (ICP) 2019, Madrid, Spain, published in Spanish Journal of Psychology
Clemente, A. (2019/06/13). Musical and visual aesthetic sensitivity. SSM Music Research Today 2019 Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, published in Swedish Journal of Music Research
2018
Nadal, M., Rey, C., Chuquichambi, E., Corradi, G., & Clemente, A. (2018/09/02). Musical and visual aesthetic sensitivity. International Association of Empirical Aesthetics (IAEA) Congress Conflict, Arousal, and Curiosity: Berlyne and Beyond, Toronto, Canada
Clemente, A. (2018/09/02). Musical aesthetic sensitivity. International Association of Empirical Aesthetics (IAEA) Congress Conflict, Arousal, and Curiosity: Berlyne and Beyond, Toronto, Canada
Invited speaker
2024
Clemente, A. (2024/05/24). Hedonic foraging: An active inference account. Workshop. Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics Annual Retreat.
Clemente, A. (2024/01/26). Aesthetic sensitivity. Seminar. Computational Audition Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics
2023
Clemente, A. (2023/11/2–4). Aesthetic sensitivity. Keynote. Aesthetic Experience: Philosophical, Psychological and Neuroscientific Perspectives, II International Congress on Beauty and Change
Clemente, A. (2023/04/03). Hedonic evaluation of multisensory objects. Seminar. Open Lab Seminar series, Cultural Data Analytics (CUDAN), Tallinn, Estonia
2022
Clemente, A. (2022/11/21). Interdisciplinary cross-fertilization: From cognitive psychology to AI and back. Datasounds, Datasets and Datasense Workshop, KTH Stockholm, Sweden
Clemente, A. & Brielmann, A. (2022/05/04). This is predictable! Predicting aesthetic experience. Art in Conversation, St Andrews University, UK
2021
Clemente, A. (2021/12/07). Aesthetic sensitivity. LOGOS Research Group in Analytic Philosophy, University of Barcelona, Spain
Clemente, A. (2021/11/16). Aesthetic sensitivity. Centre for Music and Science (CMS) Seminar series, University of Cambridge, UK
Clemente, A. (2021/10/15). Aesthetic sensitivity. TMH Seminar, KTH Stockholm, Sweden
Clemente, A. & Ruta, N. (2021/03/02). Contrasting perceptual and hedonic judgments of visual contour. Vision Club, University of St. Andrews, UK
2020
Clemente, A. (2020/11/17). Aesthetic sensitivity and perceived affect. Sound and Music Interaction Seminar, KTH Stockholm, Sweden
Clemente, A. (2020/10/29). Free exploration and free play in music. Higher Seminar, Royal College of Music KMH Stockholm, Sweden
Clemente, A. (2020/03/13). Aesthetic sensitivity. Computational Robotics and Intelligent Systems for the People Lecture (CRISP), QMUL, UK
Clemente, A. (2020/03/3–6). Aesthetic sensitivity. Perception, Cognition, Aesthetics (PCA) Group – Centre for Digital Music (C4DM) – Music Cognition Lab (MCL), QMUL, UK
Popular science
Clemente, A. (2024/10/16). Aesthetic experience. Becaris Knowledge Day
Clemente, A. (2022). Why do we like what we like? The neuroscience behind the objects that please us. The Conversation (ISSN 2201-5639). https://theconversation.com/why-do-we-like-what-we-like-the-neuroscience-behind-the-objects-that-please-us-196330
Clemente, A. (2022). Por qué nos gusta lo que nos gusta. RTVE. https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/inquietamente/inquietamente-valor-hedonico-diferentes-gustos/6631416/
Clemente, A. (2022). Por qué nos gusta lo que nos gusta? The Conversation (ISSN 2201-5639). https://theconversation.com/por-que-nos-gusta-lo-que-nos-gusta-181524
Awards & Grants
Awards
| 2022 | Frank X. Barron Award, superior contribution to the psychology of aesthetics, creativity and the arts by a student, American Psychological Association (APA), Division 10: Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts |
Funding
| 2022–2024 | Margarita Salas postdoctoral fellowship, Spanish Ministry of Universities (100,800.00 €), PI |
| 2021–2023 | MUSIc COmplexity Sensitivity task (MUSICOS; Junior Leader Incoming Grant, PI: Ernest Mas-Herrero, 2021–23), La Caixa Foundation (305,000.00 €), collaborator |
2021–2023 | Investigating earworms as a model to understand the neural and psychological mechanisms of auditory cognition (EARWORMS; PID2020-116252GA-I00, PI: Ernest Mas-Herrero), Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (90,750.00 €), collaborator |
| 2020 | Short-term Scientific Mission (STSM), NordicSMC (11,422.97 SEK) |
| 2019–2022 | Information and curiosity as sources of reward in humans: Oscillatory and neural mechanisms (INWARD; PGC2018-098032-B-I00, PI: Josep Marco-Pallarés), Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities (121,000.00 €), researcher |
| 2019–2020 | Music Research Grant, Tobias Norlind Samfundet (5,000.00 SEK), PI |
| 2019–2020 | Music Research Grant, Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien (5,000.00 SEK), PI |
| 2018–2023 | Pre-natal exposure to urban AIR pollution and pre- and post-Natal Brain development (AIR-NB, PI: Jordi Sunyer), European Research Council (2,499,992.00 €), collaborator |
| 2017–2020 | La Caixa INPhINIT doctoral fellowship (LCF/BQ/ES17/11600021, 108,000.00 €) plus Final Thesis Award (7,500.00 €), PI |
| 2016–2021 | The sensorimotor bases of the preference for curvature. Implications in the perception of art and in autism spectrum disorder (PSI2016-77327-P, PIs: Enric Munar and Jaume Rosselló, 2016–21), Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (64,735.00 €), researcher |
| 2016–2017 | Masters scholarship, Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sport (2,466.43 €), PI |