Giorgio Vallortigara

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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.^[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 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 2016 he received the award for ethology 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 (The 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
• Pensieri della mosca con la testa storta (The fly's thoughts with the crooked mind), ed. Adelphi, Milano, 2021

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.

• MacNeilage PF; Rogers L.J; Vallortigara G (2009). "Origins of the Left & Right Brain". Scientific American. 301 (1): 60–67. Bibcode:2009SciAm.301a..60M. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0709-60. PMID 19555025.
• Vallortigara, G.; Rogers, L.J. (2005). "Survival with an asymmetrical brain: Advantages and disadvantages of cerebral lateralization". Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 28 (4): 575–633. doi:10.1017/S0140525X05000105. PMID 16209828.
• Vallortigara, Giorgio; Snyder, Allan; Kaplan, Gisela; Bateson, Patrick; Clayton, Nicola S; Rogers, Lesley J (2008). "Are Animals Autistic Savants". PLoS Biology. 6 (2): e42. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060042. ISSN 1545-7885. PMC 2245986. PMID 18288892.
• Rugani, Rosa; Fontanari, Laura; Simoni, Eleonora; Regolin, Lucia; Vallortigara, Giorgio (2009). "Arithmetic in newborn chicks". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. London: The Royal Society. 276 (1666): 2451–60. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.0044. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 2690459. PMID 19364746.

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