Giorgio Vallortigara
Giorgio Vallortigara is an Italian neuroscientist.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.
He was scientific director of the Interdepartmental Center for Mind and Brain 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." 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.Selected publications
Books
- Cervello di gallina. Visite guidate tra etologia e neuroscienze, ed. Bollati Boringhieri, Torino, 2005
- Nati per credere, with V. Girotto & T. Pievani, ed. Codice, Torino, 2008
- La mente che scodinzola, 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, with Nicla Pancera, ed. Adelphi, 2014
- Piccoli equivoci tra noi animali, with Lisa Vozza, ed. Zanichelli, 2015
Journal articles
