Nationality Italy Known for Mirror neuron Alma mater University of Padua Education University of Padua | Institutions University of Parma Role Neurophysiologist Fields Neurophysiology Name Giacomo Rizzolatti | |
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Born April 28, 1937 (age 86)
Kiev, Ukraine ( 1937-04-28 ) Notable awards Golgi Prize for Physiology
George Miller Award
Feltrinelli Prize for Medicine
Herlitzka Prize for Physiology
Brain Prize for Neurosciences Books Mirrors in the Brain: How Our Minds Share Actions, Emotions, and Experience | ||
Academic advisors Giuseppe Moruzzi | ||
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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