Ana Clemente, Ph.D.
Forschungsschwerpunkte
- Biologische Mechanismen der Expertise
- Computergestützte und neurobiologische Mechanismen des Verhaltens
- Biokulturelle Evolution
Spezifische Forschungsthemen
- Gehirnplastizität und Kompetenzerwerb bei musikalischer Expertise
- Gen-Umwelt-Interaktion bei musikalischer Expertise
- (Musikalisches) Arbeitsgedächtnis bei Expert:innen
- Motivation, Lernen und Belohnung
- Aktive Inferenz und hedonische Bewertung
- Natürliche und künstliche Kognition und Kreativität
Vita
Akademische Ausbildung
| 2017–2021 | Promotion in menschlicher Evolution und Kognition, Dissertation: Aesthetic Sensitivity. Betreuer: Dr. Marcos Nadal. Prüfungskommission: Prof. Dr. Josep Marco-Pallarés, Prof. Dr. Oshin Vartanian, Em. Prof. Dr. Gisèle Marty. Disputation: 22.06.2021. Auszeichnung: Excellent cum laude, Internationale Promotion. Universität der Balearen, Spanien |
| 2016–2017 | Magister (M.Sc.) in menschlicher Evolution und Kognition, Dissertation: To Touch or not to Touch: Multimodal Experience in the Aesthetic Appreciation of Sculptures in an Art Gallery. Betreuer: Dr. Marcos Nadal. Forschungskooperation mit dem Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst CCA Andratx. Prüfungskommission: Prof. Dr. Antoni Gomila, Prof. Dr. Enric Munar, Dr. Marcos Nadal. Mündliche Prüfung: 21.09.2017. Bewertung: 10/10. UIB und Institut für interdisziplinäre Physik und komplexe Systeme (IFISC), assoziierte Einheit des Obersten Zentrums für wissenschaftliche Forschung (CSIC), Spanien |
| 2007–2010 | Magister (M.Phil.) in Kunstgeschichte, Ph.D. Programm Offene Bühnen: Multidisziplinäre Kunst und Musik, Universität La Laguna, Spanien |
| 2005–2007 | Aufbaustudium Konzertexamen (M.Mus.), Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf, Deutschland |
Akademische Anstellungen
| 2023–2026 | Postdoktorandin, Abteilung für Kognitive Neuropsychologie, Max-Planck-Institut für empirische Ästhetik, Deutschland, und Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, McGill University, Kanada |
| 2022–2023 | Margarita Salas-Postdoktorandin, Learning from Reward Group, Abteilung für Kognition, Entwicklung und Pädagogische Psychologie, Institut für Neurowissenschaften, Universität Barcelona, Cognition and Brain Plasticity Unit, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, Spanien |
| 2020 | Gastwissenschaftlerin (Forschungsleitung und Betreuung von Masterstudierenden im Kurs DM2350 „Human Perception for Information Technology“), Abteilung für Medientechnologie und Interaktionsdesign sowie Abteilung für Sprache, Musik und Hören, Royal Institute of Technologie KTH Stockholm, Schweden |
| Since 2020 | Gastwissenschaftlerin, Music Cognition Lab, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, Vereinigtes Königreich |
| 2017–2021 | La Caixa INPhINIT-Doktorandin, Forschungsgruppe für menschliche Evolution und Kognition, Universität der Balearen, Spanien |
| 2013–2017 | Außerordentliche Professorin, Hochschule für Musik der Balearen, Spanien |
| 2011–2012 | Außerordentliche Sekretärin, Hochschule für Musik der Kanarischen Inseln, Spanien |
| 2010–2012 | Leiterin des Erasmus-Programms und des Büros für internationale Beziehungen, Hochschule für Musik der Kanarischen Inseln, Spanien |
| 2010–2011 | Leiterin der Abteilung für Blasinstrumente und Schlaginstrumente, Hochschule für Musik der Kanarischen Inseln, Spanien |
| 2007–2013 | Außerordentliche Professorin, Hochschule für Musik der Kanarischen Inseln, Spanien |
Publikationen
Artikel in Fachzeitschriften mit Peer-Review
2025
Clemente, A.. (2025).Commentary on Friedman et al. (2024): A General Preference for Complexity?. Empirical Musicology Review, 19(2), 95–101. https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v19i2.9841
2024
Clemente, A., Board, F., Pearce, M. T., & Orgs, G. (2024a). Dynamic complexity in audiovisual aesthetics. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000685
Clemente, A., Kaplan, T. M., & Pearce, M. T. (2024b). Perceptual representations mediate effects of stimulus properties on liking for music. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1–12. https://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. https://doi.org/10.5334/tismir.168
Penacchio, O., & Clemente, A. (2024). Meta-learning in active inference. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 47, e159. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X24000074
2023
Clemente, A., Friberg, A., & Holzapfel, A. (2023a). Relations between perceived affect and liking for melodies and visual designs. Emotion, 23(6), 1584–1605. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001141
Clemente, A., Penacchio, O., Vila-Vidal, M., Pepperell, R., & Ruta, N. (2023b). Explaining the curvature effect: Perceptual and hedonic evaluations of visual contour. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000561
2022
Clemente, A., Pearce, M. T., & Nadal, M. (2022). Musical aesthetic sensitivity. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 16(1), 58–73. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000381
2021
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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2021.105729
2020
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. https://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. https://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. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12443
Buchkapitel
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. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003008675-13 ISBN: 9780367442743
Dissertationen
Clemente, A. (2021). Aesthetic Sensitivity. Doctoral dissertation in human evolution and cognition, University of the Balearic Islands (UIB). 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 in human evolution and cognition, University of the Balearic Islands (UIB). https://dspace.uib.es/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11201/146222/tfm_2016-17_MCEV_asc735_1340.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Open Sources
Hedonic foraging: https://osf.io/xzag6/
Open Resources
Billboard Melodic Music Dataset (BiMMuDa): 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/
Eingeladene Referenten (Keynotes, Seminare und Workshops)
2024
Clemente, A. (2024/05/24). Hedonic foraging: An active inference account of behavior. Workshop. Annual Retreat of the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Berlin, Germany
Clemente, A. (2024/04/26). Hedonic foraging: An active inference account. Seminar. Queen Mary University of London, University of Barcelona, University of Cambridge
Clemente, A. (2024/01/26). Aesthetic sensitivity. Seminar. Computational Audition Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2023
Clemente, A. (2023/11/2–4). Aesthetic sensitivity. Keynote. Aesthetic Experience: Philosophical, Psychological and Neuroscientific Perspectives, II International Congress on Beauty and Change, Turin, Italy
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), Queen Mary University of London, UK
Clemente, A. (2020/03/3–6). Aesthetic sensitivity. Perception, Cognition, Aesthetics (PCA) Group – Centre for Digital Music (C4DM) – Music Cognition Lab (MCL), Queen Mary University of London, UK
Outreach (öffentliche Wissenschaft)
Clemente, A. (2024/10/16). Aesthetic experience. Knowledge Day, LaCaixa Foundation
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
Preprints
Clemente, A. (FA, CA) & Penacchio, O. (2025). Hedonic foraging: From reward to action. bioRxiv.
https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.04.652128
de Fleurian, R., Clemente, A., Benetos, E., & Pearce, M. T. (2024). Expectation elicits music-evoked chills. bioRxiv, 2024–10.
https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.02.616280
Auszeichnungen & Stipendien
Forschungspreise und -auszeichnungen
2025 | Academy Fellowship Award, Johanna Quandt Young Academy (JQYA), Goethe University |
| 2022 | Frank X. Barron Award, American Psychological Association (APA), Division 10: Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts |
Forschungsstipendien und -stipendien
| 2025 | Academy Fellowship Award, Johanna Quandt Young Academy (JQYA), Goethe University (€10,000), PI |
| 2022–2024 | Margarita Salas postdoctoral fellowship, NextGeneration EU & 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 (2022–23) |
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 (2022–23) |
| 2020 | Short-term Scientific Mission (STSM), NordicSMC (SEK11,422.97), PI |
| 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 (2022) |
| 2019–2020 | Music Research Grant, Tobias Norlind Samfundet (SEK5,000.00), PI |
| 2019–2020 | Music Research Grant, Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien (SEK5,000.00), PI |
| 2018–2023 | Pre-natal exposure to urban AIR pollution and pre- and post-Natal Brain development (AIR-NB, PI: Prof. Dr. Jordi Sunyer), European Research Council (€2,499,992.00), collaborator (2022–23) |
| 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: Prof. Dr. Enric Munar and Dr. Jaume Rosselló, 2016–21), Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (€64,735.00), researcher (2020–21) |
| 2016–2017 | Master’s scholarship, Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sport (€2,466.43), PI |
Künstlerische Preise und Stipendien (Auswahl)
| 2007–2009 | High Specialization in the Arts Grant, Spanish Association of Artists and Performers AIE (€1,700.00) |
| 2006–2007 | Humboldt-Wardwell Stipendium, Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung (€8,000.00) |
| 2006–2007 | Culture Professionals Grant, Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sport (€5,450.00) |
| 2004–2006 | Graduate scholarships, JONDE–Fundación Caja Madrid (€9,550.00) |
| 2003 | Young Performer Award, Castilla y León Culture Council |
| 2003–2004 | Culture Professionals Grant, Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sport (€5,400.00) |
| 2002 | Ibermúsica Foundation Award (€6,000.00) |
| 2001–2005 | Youth in concert Grants, Castilla y León Culture Council |
| 2000 | Best student Award, Martín Códax International Music Festival |
Projekte
- Neuropsychologie des musikalischen Arbeitsgedächtnisses bei Expert:innen
Expertise wird als herausragende Leistung in einem bestimmten Bereich definiert (Ullén et al., 2016) und ist durch spezifische Verhaltensfertigkeiten gekennzeichnet, die auf neuronaler Plastizität beruhen. Die Musik hat sich ...
- Hedonic foraging: A computational framework for understanding behavior
As a side project, I cultivate a strong interest in understanding the computational and neurobiological mechanisms of behavior (e.g., Penacchio & Clemente, 2024). Integrating hedonic evaluation—the process of assigning hedonic value ...