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Vittorio Gallese , M.D.
(Co-Investigator)
Vittorio Gallese is Associate Professor of Human Physiology at the University of Parma, Italy. His pioneering research with Giacomo Rizzolatti and Leonardo Fogassi in the early 1990s first revealed the existence of neurons with mirror properties in monkeys and humans. Gallese has since continued to investigate those mirror neurons in both species and has published about 60 papers in international peer-review journals and edited books. He frequently collaborates with the many other research groups in Europe and the U.S. now also studying the breath and functions of the mirror neuron system in humans and animals. His major research interest lies in the relationship between action perception and cognition, using a variety of neurophysiological and neuroimaging techniques. He is also interested in developing and interdisciplinary approach to the understanding of intersubjectivity and social cognition.
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