Giorgio Vallortigara

Giorgio Vallortigara is an Italian neuroscientist.

Giorgio Vallortigara
Born (1959-08-06) 6 August 1959
Rovereto
NationalityItalian
Alma materUniversity of Padua
Scientific career
FieldsNeuroscience
Animal Behaviour
Physiology

Biography

In 1983 he graduated in experimental psychology from the University of Padua, where he also obtained his research doctorate in 1990. In 1991 he moved to the University of Sussex, with a post-doctoral scholarship. found cerebral lateralization in lower vertebrates, such as fish and amphibians. Many of his articles have been published in Nature, Current Biology, Neuropsychology, Behavioral Neuroscience and Brain and Behavioral Sciences.[1]

He was scientific director of the Interdepartmental Center for Mind and Brain (CIMEC) in Trento, until the first half of 2015.

In 2013 he was awarded the Ferrari Soave Award with the following citation: "The main scientific interests of Prof. Giorgio Vallortigara concern the analysis of spatial cognition in birds and the mechanisms underlying their geometric representation. He is particularly interested in the numerical cognition and the biological predisposition to the recognition of animated agents in various animal models. In these fields he has made original and innovative contributions of great international relevance."[2] In

In 2016 he received the award for ethology Prix Geoffroy Saint Hilaire of the French Society for the Study of Animal Behavior and an honorary degree from the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany.[3][4]

Selected publications

Books
  • Cervello di gallina. Visite guidate tra etologia e neuroscienze (Hen's brain. Guided tours between ethology and neuroscience), ed. Bollati Boringhieri, Torino, 2005
  • Nati per credere (Born to believe), with V. Girotto & T. Pievani, ed. Codice, Torino, 2008
  • La mente che scodinzola (he mind that wags its tail), ed. Mondadori, Milano, 2011
  • Divided Brains. The Biology and Behaviour of Brain Asymmetries, with L.J. Rogers & R.J. Andrew, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2013
  • Cervelli che contano (Brains that count), with Nicla Pancera, ed. Adelphi, 2014
  • Piccoli equivoci tra noi animali (Small misunderstandings between us animals), with Lisa Vozza, ed. Zanichelli, 2015

Journal articles
  • Rogers L.J; Rigosi E, Frasnelli E, Vallortigara (June 2014). "A right antenna for social behaviour in honeybees". Scientific Reports. 3: 2045. doi:10.1038/srep02045. PMC 3694496. PMID 23807465.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Frasnelli E, Vallortigara G, Rogers LJ (2012). "Left-right asymmetries of behaviour and nervous system in invertebrates". Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 36 (4): 1273–1291. doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.02.006. PMID 22353424.

References
  1. "Giorgio Vallortigara" (PDF). Università di Trento. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. "Ferrari Soave 2013". Accademia delle Scienze di Torino. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  3. "Laurea honoris causa a Giorgio Vallortigara a Bochum" (in Italian). Università di Trento. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  4. "Neuer Ehrendoktor" (in German). RUB. Retrieved 10 October 2019.


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