2016 Programme
Event #34
Giacomo Rizzolatti, Antonio Gnoli
Mirror neurons: anatomy of a revolutionary discovery
The discovery of mirror neurons occurred almost by chance, by studying the motor system of a monkey. Giacomo Rizzolatti and his team allowed it to move freely, realizing that some of its neurons would activate both when it performed an action and when watching an experimentor carry out the same action: “mirror neurons”. Some would call them the “empathy neurons”. Why has this discovery – which revolutionized our idea of the human mind – fascinated not only scientists but also psychologists and philosophers? To what new concept of emotions and intelligenze, of thought and language, of nature and culture, of science and philosophy does it seem to lead us?
https://www.festivaldellamente.it/it/live-streaming-alessandro-barbero/is a journalist for Repubblica, and was director of its Culture section. With Franco Volpi he is the author, among other works, of the books L’ultimo sciamano. Conversazioni su Heidegger (2006), I filosofi e la vita , (Bompiani); with S. Gennaro I corrotti e gli inetti. Conversazioni su Machiavelli (Bompiani, 2013). With Francesco De Gregori, Passo d’uomo (Laterza, 2016), with Giacomo Rizzolatti Nei tuoi panni (Rizzoli).
directs the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Parma. A member of Accademia dei Lincei, his research has revolutionised the landscape of neuroscience in recent years. In 2014 he was awarded the Brain Prize, the most important international prize in the field of neurology. His books include: So quel che fai (with C. Sinigaglia, Cortina, 2006), Nella mente degli altri (with L. Vozza, Zanichelli, 2007), Nei tuoi panni. Per una nuova scienza dell’empatia (with A. Gnoli, Rizzoli).
Event #7
Alberto Mantovani
Immunity and the brain: a dialogue between two chief systems. From memory to vaccines.
Event #8Approfonditamente
Simona Argentieri, Stefano Gastaldi, Giovanna Montinari
New males: as teenagers, in couples, as fathers
Event #10
Ramak Fazel, Giorgio Vasta, Michele Lupi
Across the American deserts: a voyage through 20th century collective imagination
Event #15Approfonditamente
Paolo Boccara, Paola Carbone, Giuseppe Riefolo
The analyst at the movies: thinking by images
Event #25Approfonditamente
Paolo Cornaglia Ferraris, Giorgio Gazzolo, Nicola Gomirato, Gianvito Martino, Luca Pani, Enrico Valtellina
Asperger Talk Show
Event #30
Bruno Arpaia, Alessandro Zaccuri
The memory of space. The rubble of climate and rubbish in our homes
Event #31Approfonditamente
Alessandro Dal Lago, Serena Giordano, Ex Voto
Graffiti, tags and murals: when art extends to walls
Event #38
Paolo Rumiz, Alessandro Scillitani
The voice of the road. Words, sounds and images gathered along via Appia
