Giacomo Rizzolatti
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1937 –
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Who is Giacomo Rizzolatti?
Giacomo Rizzolatti is an Italian Neurophysiologist who works at the University of Parma. 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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- Born
- Apr 28, 1937
Kiev - Nationality
- Italy
- Education
- University of Padua
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on July 23, 2013
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