This the osf page of corresponding to the paper Specker, E., Fried, E. I., Rosenberg, R., & Leder, H. (2021). Associating with art: Proposing the aesthetic effect network (AEN). Collabra: Psychology, 7 (1): 2408 https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.24085 The current page pertains to Study 2 (and the pilot study of Study 2) of that paper and the corresponding pre-registration. All files corresponding to Study 1 can be found here: https://osf.io/zqxbm/ ---------- 1. *Analysis_Preregistration.R* is the R file originally pre-registered, *Analysis_Preregistration_final.R* is the final R file used for the results reported in the paper. As you can see they're practically identical. 2. *Data_BM.zip* is a zipfolder with all the datafiles 3. *Participants_coded_anonymized.sav* is the demographic etc information of participants, the *syntax_raw_to_coded.sps.sps* file explains how this clean dataset was derived from an original raw dataset. Since the raw dataset includes data that could potentially be used to identify participants* this file is not provided to ensure the privacy and anonimity of participants. 4. *PositiveAOV* is the plot of the manipulation check 5. *Plots AOV* show the plots of the follow-up ANOVAs for each dependent variable 6. *Script_BM* is the Open Sesame script used to collect the data. 7. *PreStudy_Data.sav* and *PreStudy_Analysis.sps* are the datafile and analysis pertaining to the pre-study. *This means data like time and data of participantion, though this would not directly identify single participants one could potentially through a combination of multiple of these data points identify single participants. It would be hard but not impossible, hence we do not provide this data. ---------- ****Abstract**** In this paper we propose the aesthetic effect network (AEN) a novel way to conceptualize aesthetic experience, namely as an associative process where having one association leads to the next association. Through a network of associations, this generates an overall aesthetic experience. In art theory, associations between concepts of this kind are referred to as aesthetic effects. Conceptualizing aesthetic experience (at least in part) as an associative process provides an explicit account of a specific cognitive process involved in aesthetic experience. We discuss previous work, outline the aesthetic effect network (AEN), and discuss the results of an empirical study (Study 1, N=255) that explored what can be gained from this approach. In addition, we report on a follow-up study (Study 2, N=133) that provides evidence for the AEN over other alternatives. In summary, we propose a new perspective on the processes underlying aesthetic experience of artworks that extends beyond research on aesthetic effects, that can be applied to aesthetic experience in general, and provides a basis for future studies. It promises to facilitate our understanding of why aesthetic experience is both somehow different and also somehow the same for all of us.