Dr. Marco Iacoboni is Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Director of the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Lab at the Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Iacoboni pioneered the research on mirror neurons, the “smart cells” in our brain that allow us to understand others. His research has been covered by the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Time,The Economist, and major TV networks. Marco Iacoboni’s book on mirror neurons is entitled Mirroring People: The Science of Empathy and How We Connect with Others. His interest in perception-action coupling led him to study mirror neurons, human imitation, empathy, and social cognition. As a neurologist, he has a strong interest in the neurobiological mechanisms of neuropsychiatric conditions and how to intervene on those mechanisms.
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