Sapienza University of Rome Researcher Describes Findings in Brain Sciences (Michelangelo Effect in Cognitive Rehabilitation: Using Art in a Digital Visuospatial Memory Task).

A recent study conducted by researchers at Sapienza University of Rome explores the "Michelangelo effect" in cognitive rehabilitation. The Michelangelo effect refers to the phenomenon where individuals experience a reduction in perceived effort and an improvement in performance when completing a motor task related to artistic stimuli compared to non-artistic stimuli. The study involved 15 healthy subjects and 17 patients with a history of stroke, who were asked to solve a digital version of a memory card game using different types of images. The results showed that patients performed better and experienced reduced effort when exposed to artistic stimuli, suggesting that art therapy could be effective in neurorehabilitation. The study also found that artistic stimuli were more associated with visuospatial control than linguistic functions. [Extracted from the article]

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