What are the characteristics of a supernormal stimulus? Are works of art that we recognise as masterpieces of history to be considered superstimuli? Can works of art today promote behaviours such as empathy, a sense of aesthetics, and community, thus functioning as a critical tool that generates change?
This volume opens up an initial interdisciplinary debate on the subject, reflecting on the importance of art and the effects it can generate in individuals, cultures, and societies.

"Superstimolo - Come il cervello partecipa all'opera d'arte" collects contributions by Numero Cromatico (Dionigi Mattia Gagliardi, Giulia Torromino, Manuel Focareta, Sara Cuono, Federica Marenghi, Salvatore Gaetano Chiarella), Emanuele Arielli, Dina Riccò, Renata Gambino and Grazia Pulvirenti, Franco "Bifo" Berardi, David Freedberg.
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This publication was realised thanks to the contribution of the General Directorate for Education, Research and Cultural Institutes.

The publication is part of the research project "ART AS SUPERNORMAL STIMULUS. The work of art as superstimulus in the era of digitalisation of intersubjective experiences" supported by the Italian Council program, Directorate General for Contemporary Creativity, Ministry of Culture (2021).