Vittorio Gallese
Vittorio Gallese is professor of Psychobiology at the
University of Parma,
Italy, and was professor in Experimental Aesthetics at the
University of London,
UK (2016–2018). He is an expert in
neurophysiology,
cognitive neuroscience,
social neuroscience, and
philosophy of mind. Gallese is one of the discoverers of
mirror neurons. His research attempts to elucidate the functional organization of brain mechanisms underlying
social cognition, including action understanding,
empathy,
language,
mindreading and aesthetic experience.
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