Giacomo Rizzolatti
University of Parma
304 Papers
10.1K Citations
Giacomo Rizzolatti is an academic researcher from University of Parma. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mirror neuron & Premotor cortex. The author has an hindex of 117, co-authored 298 publications. Previous affiliations of Giacomo Rizzolatti include Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia & University of Tübingen.
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Papers
View-Based Encoding of Actions in Mirror Neurons of Area F5 in Macaque Premotor Cortex
Vittorio Caggiano,Leonardo Fogassi,Leonardo Fogassi,Giacomo Rizzolatti,Giacomo Rizzolatti,Joern K Pomper,Peter Thier,Martin A. Giese,Antonino Casile +8 more
TL;DR: The visual responses of mirror neurons of monkey area F5 are recorded by using a novel experimental paradigm based on the presentation of movies showing grasping motor acts from different visual perspectives to conclude that view-independent mirror neurons encode action goals irrespective of the details of the observed motor acts, whereas the view-dependent ones might either form an intermediate step in the formation of view independence or contribute to a modulation of view- dependent representations in higher-level visual areas.
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The dynamics of sensorimotor cortical oscillations during the observation of hand movements: an EEG study
Pietro Avanzini,Maddalena Fabbri-Destro,Riccardo Dalla Volta,Elena Daprati,Giacomo Rizzolatti,Giacomo Rizzolatti,Gaetano Cantalupo +6 more
TL;DR: The authors' data show that the observation of motor acts determines a modulation of cortical rhythm analogous to that occurring during motor act execution, and provides strong evidence for the presence in humans of a mechanism (mirror mechanism) mapping action observation on action execution motor programs.
Representation of goal and movements without overt motor behavior in the human motor cortex: a transcranial magnetic stimulation study.
TL;DR: It is proposed that covert activity in the human motor cortex may reflect different aspects of motor behavior, and MEP amplitudes, regardless of pliers used, reflected the muscular pattern involved in the execution of the observed action.
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Emotional and Social Behaviors Elicited by Electrical Stimulation of the Insula in the Macaque Monkey
Fausto Caruana,Fausto Caruana,Ahmad Jezzini,Beatrice Sbriscia-Fioretti,Giacomo Rizzolatti,Giacomo Rizzolatti,Vittorio Gallese,Vittorio Gallese +7 more
TL;DR: The results showed that two emotional behaviors, a basic one (disgust) and a social one (affiliative state), were easily elicited by electrical stimulation of specific parts of the insula and exactly which parts of this structure are responsible for these behaviors.
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