Giacomo Rizzolatti

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Professor 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 has recently published a book called 'Mirrors in the Brain'. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mirrors-Brain-Actions-Emotions-Experience/dp/019921798X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212440921&sr=1-1

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http://www.unipr.it/arpa/mirror/english/staff/rizzolat.htm