Nationality Italy Known for Mirror neuron Education University of Padua | Role Neurophysiologist Name Giacomo Rizzolatti | |
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Born April 28, 1937 (age 87) Kiev, Ukraine ( 1937-04-28 ) Notable awards Golgi Prize for PhysiologyGeorge Miller AwardFeltrinelli Prize for MedicineHerlitzka Prize for PhysiologyBrain Prize for Neurosciences Books Mirrors in the Brain: How Our Minds Share Actions, Emotions, and Experience | ||
Giacomo rizzolatti on becoming a neurophysiologist
Giacomo Rizzolatti (born April 28, 1937) is an Italian neurophysiologist who works at the University of Parma. Born in Kiev, Ukraine, he is the Senior Scientist of the research team that discovered mirror neurons in the frontal and parietal cortex of the macaque monkey, and has written many scientific articles on the topic. He is a past president of the European Brain and Behaviour Society. Rizzolatti was the 2007 co-recipient, with Leonardo Fogassi and Vittorio Gallese, for the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Psychology.
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- Giacomo rizzolatti on becoming a neurophysiologist
- Giacomo rizzolatti discovering mirror neurons
- Awards
- Selected works
- References
Giacomo rizzolatti discovering mirror neurons
Awards
These are listed on the right side of the Wikipedia page: Golgi Prize for Physiology George Miller Award Feltrinelli Prize for Medicine Herlitzka Prize for Physiology
Selected works
References
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