Fredrik Ullén
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1660194 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Fredrik Ullén |
| PRENOMES | Fredrik |
| SOBRENOME | Ullén |
| ASSINATURA | ULLÉN F |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Karolinska Institutet |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2974-9256 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 1 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2010 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Non-Linear Relationships Between Creativity Ratings of Musical Improvisations and Melodic Complexity
Although objective, automated measures of verbal creativity have shown promise by correlating well with subjective creativity ratings, objective measures of musical creativity remain underexplored. This study investigated whether melodic complexity – specifically the Lempel-Ziv complexity of pitch sequences – is related to perceived musical creativity in improvisations. We further investigated whether this relationship is affected by participants…
Enculturation modulates aesthetic judgments of dance
Seasonal and other festivities with dance and music shape individuals’ aesthetic sensitivity to their cultural heritage. Yet, there is little empirical research about the influence of culture on dance perception. To fill the gap, this paper presents a pre-registered experiment with 120 participants (Iranian, English, Southeast Asian), that investigated the influence of cultural group (categorical variable) and enculturation (continuous variables)…
Aesthetic appeal of dance actions depends on expressivity, liveness and audience characteristics
Mental health in recreational and professional dancers
While recreational dancing has been associated with positive health outcomes, professional dancers tend to experience more mental health problems. Here, we studied the relationship between self-reported engagement and achievement in dance (from no involvement to high-level professional dancing) and mental health problems including work-related depressive symptoms, emotional exhaustion, and registry-based psychiatric diagnoses (major depression, a…
Does divergent thinking relate to expertise? Introducing a novel test of creative ideation in music
Music and verbal ability—A twin study of genetic and environmental associations
Musical aptitude and music training are associated with language-related cognitive outcomes, even when controlling for general intelligence. However, genetic and environmental influences on these associations have not been studied, and it remains unclear whether music training can causally increase verbal ability. In a sample of 1,336 male twins, we tested the associations between verbal ability measured at time of conscription at age 18 and two …
Gene–environment interaction in expertise
Both genes and the environment are important for individual differences in expertise, but little is known about gene-environment interactions underlying domain-specific achievement. Here we explored this issue in a large Swedish twin cohort (N = 6,610), using moderator modeling with musical expertise as a model domain. Specifically, we tested whether musical enrichment of the childhood environment moderates adult musical achievement, as well as t…
Similar but different
Musical engagement is influenced by both environmental and genetic factors. Here, we explored non-genetic influences on musical engagement by performing semi-structured interviews of 10 Swedish monozygotic twin pairs that were highly discordant for piano practicing. The interviews were organized into five sections – (i) perceived reasons for the discordance; (ii) childhood differences in specific music related variables; (iii) strong memories of …
Metrically Structured Time and Entrainment
This chapter focuses on the perceptual mechanisms that enable and facilitate entrainment to the temporally regular sounds of music. It discusses possible unifying principles underlying functions of entrainment in the action range for human movement, where entrainment occurs most readily and with greatest precision. The chapter reviews timing constraints imposed by our biology and describes the metrical organization of time that is employed by mus…
On the Relationship Between Domain-Specific Creative Achievement and Sexual Orientation in Swedish Twins
Rethinking expertise
Scientific interest in expertise-superior performance within a specific domain-has a long history in psychology. Although there is a broad consensus that a long period of practice is essential for expertise, a long-standing controversy in the field concerns the importance of other variables such as cognitive abilities and genetic factors. According to the influential deliberate practice theory, expert performance is essentially limited by a singl…
Did sexual selection shape human music? Testing predictions from the sexual selection hypothesis of music evolution using a large genetically informative sample of over 10,000 twins
The psychophysiology of flow during piano playing
Expert performance is commonly accompanied by a subjective state of optimal experience called flow. Previous research has shown positive correlations between flow and quality of performance and suggests that flow may function as a reward signal that promotes practice. Here, piano playing was used as a flow-inducing behavior in order to analyze the relationship between subjective flow reports and psychophysiological measures. Professional classica…
Rethinking expertise
Scientific interest in expertise-superior performance within a specific domain-has a long history in psychology. Although there is a broad consensus that a long period of practice is essential for expertise, a long-standing controversy in the field concerns the importance of other variables such as cognitive abilities and genetic factors. According to the influential deliberate practice theory, expert performance is essentially limited by a singl…
The psychophysiology of flow during piano playing
Expert performance is commonly accompanied by a subjective state of optimal experience called flow. Previous research has shown positive correlations between flow and quality of performance and suggests that flow may function as a reward signal that promotes practice. Here, piano playing was used as a flow-inducing behavior in order to analyze the relationship between subjective flow reports and psychophysiological measures. Professional classica…
Did sexual selection shape human music? Testing predictions from the sexual selection hypothesis of music evolution using a large genetically informative sample of over 10,000 twins
On the Relationship Between Domain-Specific Creative Achievement and Sexual Orientation in Swedish Twins
Rethinking expertise
Scientific interest in expertise-superior performance within a specific domain-has a long history in psychology. Although there is a broad consensus that a long period of practice is essential for expertise, a long-standing controversy in the field concerns the importance of other variables such as cognitive abilities and genetic factors. According to the influential deliberate practice theory, expert performance is essentially limited by a singl…
Similar but different
Musical engagement is influenced by both environmental and genetic factors. Here, we explored non-genetic influences on musical engagement by performing semi-structured interviews of 10 Swedish monozygotic twin pairs that were highly discordant for piano practicing. The interviews were organized into five sections – (i) perceived reasons for the discordance; (ii) childhood differences in specific music related variables; (iii) strong memories of …
Metrically Structured Time and Entrainment
This chapter focuses on the perceptual mechanisms that enable and facilitate entrainment to the temporally regular sounds of music. It discusses possible unifying principles underlying functions of entrainment in the action range for human movement, where entrainment occurs most readily and with greatest precision. The chapter reviews timing constraints imposed by our biology and describes the metrical organization of time that is employed by mus…
Gene–environment interaction in expertise
Both genes and the environment are important for individual differences in expertise, but little is known about gene-environment interactions underlying domain-specific achievement. Here we explored this issue in a large Swedish twin cohort (N = 6,610), using moderator modeling with musical expertise as a model domain. Specifically, we tested whether musical enrichment of the childhood environment moderates adult musical achievement, as well as t…
Music and verbal ability—A twin study of genetic and environmental associations
Musical aptitude and music training are associated with language-related cognitive outcomes, even when controlling for general intelligence. However, genetic and environmental influences on these associations have not been studied, and it remains unclear whether music training can causally increase verbal ability. In a sample of 1,336 male twins, we tested the associations between verbal ability measured at time of conscription at age 18 and two …
Does divergent thinking relate to expertise? Introducing a novel test of creative ideation in music
Aesthetic appeal of dance actions depends on expressivity, liveness and audience characteristics
Mental health in recreational and professional dancers
While recreational dancing has been associated with positive health outcomes, professional dancers tend to experience more mental health problems. Here, we studied the relationship between self-reported engagement and achievement in dance (from no involvement to high-level professional dancing) and mental health problems including work-related depressive symptoms, emotional exhaustion, and registry-based psychiatric diagnoses (major depression, a…
Non-Linear Relationships Between Creativity Ratings of Musical Improvisations and Melodic Complexity
Although objective, automated measures of verbal creativity have shown promise by correlating well with subjective creativity ratings, objective measures of musical creativity remain underexplored. This study investigated whether melodic complexity – specifically the Lempel-Ziv complexity of pitch sequences – is related to perceived musical creativity in improvisations. We further investigated whether this relationship is affected by participants…
Enculturation modulates aesthetic judgments of dance
Seasonal and other festivities with dance and music shape individuals’ aesthetic sensitivity to their cultural heritage. Yet, there is little empirical research about the influence of culture on dance perception. To fill the gap, this paper presents a pre-registered experiment with 120 participants (Iranian, English, Southeast Asian), that investigated the influence of cultural group (categorical variable) and enculturation (continuous variables)…
Psychology (9 obras) · Neuroscience and Music Perception (7 obras) · Cognitive psychology (6 obras) · Developmental psychology (6 obras) · Social Psychology (6 obras) · Dance (4 obras) · Musical (4 obras) · Creativity (3 obras) · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (3 obras) · Diverse Music Education Insights (3 obras)