Marco Iacoboni, M.D., Ph.D.


iacoboni@loni.ucla.edu
iacoboni@ucla.edu


Work Address:
Office
Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center
660 Charles E. Young Drive South
Los Angeles, CA 90095
UNITED STATES

Work Address:
Laboratory
Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center
660 Charles E. Young Drive South
Los Angeles, CA 90095
UNITED STATES


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Quick Links Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Bio:

Marco Iacoboni is Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Director of the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Lab at the Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center. Iacoboni is originally from Rome, Italy and joined the faculty of the Brain Mapping Center at UCLA in 1999.



Research Interest:
Mirror Neurons, Imitation, Empathy and Social Cognition

Marco Iacoboni studies the neural mechanisms of imitation, empathy and social cognition, and their dysfunctions. In particular, he is interested in mirror neurons, the 'smart cells' that make us connect and empathize with others and let us understand the minds of other people. Marco Iacoboni's new book is MIRRORING PEOPLE, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 2008.

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