Giacomo Rizzolatti
| Giacomo Rizzolatti | |
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| Born |
April 28, 1937 Kiev, Ukraine |
| Nationality | Italy |
| Fields | Neurophysiology |
| Institutions | University of Parma |
| Alma mater | University of Padua |
| Academic advisors | Giuseppe Moruzzi |
| Known for | Mirror neurons |
| Notable awards | Golgi Prize for Physiology George Miller Award Feltrinelli Prize for Medicine (2000) Herlitzka Prize for Physiology Brain Prize for Neurosciences |
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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