Meeting with Prof. Vittorio Gallese (20.03.2012)

From Mirror Neurons
to Embodied Simulation:
The body in the aesthetic experience

h. 15,00 – 20.03.2012
Aula Magna, Via Università 12, Parma.

The Department of Culturale Heritage and and Entertainment and the Doctorate of Art and Show History are organizing a metting with Prof. Vittorio Gallese on the theme “From Mirror Neurons to Embodied Simulation: the body in the aesthetic experience“.

Vittorio Gallese is one of the discoverer of mirror neurons and is always promoting an international exchange of ideas between scientific culture and humanities, by proposing theories about aesthetic experience, empathy and intersubjectivity, such as his concept of “embodied simulation”.

Main goal of the meeting is to delve into the reflection on the extraordinary impact that neurocognitive sciences are having within the aesthetic, philosophical, historical and artistic discussion.

The meeting is open to everyone.