About the Authors

Davide Massaro

davide.massaro@unicatt.it

Affiliation Research Unit on Theory of Mind, Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy

Federica Savazzi

Affiliation Research Unit on Psychology of the Art, Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy

Cinzia Di Dio

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

David Freedberg

Affiliations Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Vittorio Gallese

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience, University of Parma, Parma, Italy, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, IIT (Italian Institute of Technology) Brain Center for Social and Motor Cognition, Parma, Italy

Gabriella Gilli

Affiliation Research Unit on Psychology of the Art, Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy

Antonella Marchetti

Affiliation Research Unit on Theory of Mind, Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DM FS CDD DF VG GG AM. Performed the experiments: DM FS. Analyzed the data: DM FS CDD. Wrote the paper: DM FS CDD DF VG GG AM.