Contacts E. leonardo.fogassi@unipr.it T. +39 0521 903736 T. +39 0521 903879 Office: Plesso Biotecnologico Integrato Address: Via Volturno 39, 43125 Parma Teacher's social mediaTeacher's activitiesExam scheduleClass schedule Curriculum Vitae Leonardo Fogassi, born in La Spezia il 25-10-1958. Education: B.D. in Biological Sciences, University of Pisa, 1982; Training for graduate students, Istituto di Fisiologia di Pisa, 1982-84, Istituto di Fisiologia Umana di Parma 1984-85; PhD course in Neuroscience, Parma, 1985-1989; Visiting scientist at the Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT, Cambridge (Boston) Ma, U.S.A. 1988-1989; PhD in Neuroscience, University of Parma, 1990; “Tecnico laureato”, Institute of Human Physiology, Parma, 1989-1999; Contract professor of Fundamentals in Neuroscience, Undergraduate Course of Psychology, Parma, 1996-1999; Professor of Fundamentals in Neuroscience, Undergraduate Course of Psychology, Parma, 1999-2001; Professor of Psychobiology, Undergraduate Course of Psychology, Parma, 2001-2002; Professor of Physiology,Undergraduate Course of Psychology, Parma, 2003-2004; Academic Position: Full Professor of Physiology. Positions Center Director Organizational affiliation: Centro Interdipartimentale per le Neuroimmagini - CIN President of the second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE Organizational affiliation: Teaching Academic year of provision: 2026/2027 Fundamentals of neurophysiology First-cycle degree course in Psychological sciences and techniques for contemporary challenges Year: 1° HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY First-cycle degree course in SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY module Year: 1° MIRROR NEURON SYSTEMS: APPLICATIONS Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE NEUROSCIENCE OF SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS module Year: 2° NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE Year: 1° PHYSIOLOGY First-cycle degree course in Childhood neuro and psychomotricity MORPHOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL SCIENCES module Year: 1° Previous years Academic year of provision: 2025/2026 Fundamentals of neurophysiology First-cycle degree course in Psychological sciences and techniques for contemporary challenges Year: 1° HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY First-cycle degree course in SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY module Year: 1° MIRROR NEURON SYSTEMS: APPLICATIONS Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE NEUROSCIENCE OF SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS module Year: 2° NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE Year: 1° PHYSIOLOGY First-cycle degree course in Childhood neuro and psychomotricity MORPHOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL SCIENCES module Year: 1° Academic year of provision: 2024/2025 Fundamentals of neurophysiology First-cycle degree course in Psychological sciences and techniques for contemporary challenges Year: 1° HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY First-cycle degree course in SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY module Year: 1° MIRROR NEURON SYSTEMS: APPLICATIONS Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE NEUROSCIENCE OF SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS module Year: 2° NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE Year: 1° Academic year of provision: 2023/2024 HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY First-cycle degree course in SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY module Year: 1° MIRROR NEURON SYSTEMS: APPLICATIONS Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE module Year: 2° NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE Year: 1° Unit A - Neuroscience: systems First-cycle degree course in PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNIQUES NEUROSCIENCE module Hub: Unimore Year: 1° Academic year of provision: 2022/2023 HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY First-cycle degree course in SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY module Year: 1° MIRROR NEURON SYSTEMS AND INTERSUBIECTIVITY Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE module Year: 2° MIRROR NEURON SYSTEMS: APPLICATIONS Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE module Year: 2° NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE Year: 1° PSYCOBIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY II First-cycle degree course in SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY module Year: 1° UNIT A First-cycle degree course in PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNIQUES NEUROSCIENCE module Hub: Unimore Year: 1° Academic year of provision: 2021/2022 HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY First-cycle degree course in SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY module Year: 1° MIRROR NEURON SYSTEMS: APPLICATIONS Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE module Year: 2° NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE Year: 1° PSYCOBIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY II First-cycle degree course in SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY module Year: 1° UNIT A First-cycle degree course in PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNIQUES NEUROSCIENCE module Hub: Unimore Year: 1° Academic year of provision: 2020/2021 HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY First-cycle degree course in SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY module Year: 1° MIRROR NEURON SYSTEMS: APPLICATIONS Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE module Year: 2° NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE Year: 1° PSYCOBIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY II First-cycle degree course in SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY module Year: 1° UNIT A First-cycle degree course in PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNIQUES NEUROSCIENCE module Hub: Unimore Year: 1° The teachings are listed up to the 2020/2021 academic year Research Publications Action Observation Combined With Virtual Reality Promotes Motor Recovery After Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial Authors: Errante Antonino; Saviola Donatella; Cantoni Matteo; Iannuzzelli Katia; Rubertelli Chiara; Ziccarelli Settimio; Togni Fabrizio; Simonini Marcello; Malchiodi Carolina; Bertoni Debora; Inzaghi Maria Grazia; Bozzetti Francesca; Quarenghi Annamaria; Quarenghi Paola; Bosone Daniele; Fogassi Leonardo; Salvi Gianpietro; De Tanti Antonio Year: 2026 Functional and structural connectivity between the cerebellum and the cortical mirror neuron system: evidence from fMRI and DTI probabilistic tractography Authors: Errante Antonino; Sicuri Eleonora; Russo Cristina; Ciullo Giuseppe; Piras Alessandro; Gerbella Marzio; Fogassi Leonardo Year: 2026 Encoding of visual stimuli and behavioral goals in distinct anatomical areas of monkey ventrolateral prefrontal cortex Authors: Basile C.; Gerbella M.; Gravante A.; Lapadula A.; Rodà F.; Simone L.; Fogassi L.; Rozzi S. Year: 2025 Predicting imitative performance through cortico-cerebellar circuits: A multivariate and effective connectivity study Authors: Errante Antonino; Ciullo Giuseppe; Ziccarelli Settimio; Piras Alessandro; Russo Cristina; Fogassi Leonardo Year: 2025 Shared body representation constraints in human and non-human primates behavior Authors: Errante A.; Rossi Sebastiano A.; Castellani N.; Rozzi S.; Fogassi L.; Garbarini F. Year: 2024 Full list of publications Research projects Decoding kinematics of others' actions for learning new motor skills in healthy individuals and children with motor deficits: Neuroimaging studies and early Health Technology Assessment Manager: Fogassi Leonardo Sponsor: Ministero dell'università e della ricerca Start date: 18/10/2023 End date: 28/02/2026 The Neurophysiological Bases of Biological Motion: From Laboratory to Clinics Manager: Fogassi Leonardo Sponsor: Ministero dell'università e della ricerca Start date: 08/05/2022 End date: 07/05/2025 “ACTON-DIP: ACTion Observation tele-rehabilitatioN for upper limb in children with DIPlegic celebral palsy” Manager: Fogassi Leonardo Sponsor: MINISTERO DELLA SALUTE Start date: 01/09/2021 End date: 31/05/2024 Tackling dementia with innovative operative training for formal caregivers nell'ambito del Programma Erasmus Plus/Strategic Manager: Fogassi Leonardo Sponsor: ASP AD PERSONAM Start date: 01/01/2019 End date: 31/12/2020 Load more projects Loading…
Curriculum Vitae Leonardo Fogassi, born in La Spezia il 25-10-1958. Education: B.D. in Biological Sciences, University of Pisa, 1982; Training for graduate students, Istituto di Fisiologia di Pisa, 1982-84, Istituto di Fisiologia Umana di Parma 1984-85; PhD course in Neuroscience, Parma, 1985-1989; Visiting scientist at the Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT, Cambridge (Boston) Ma, U.S.A. 1988-1989; PhD in Neuroscience, University of Parma, 1990; “Tecnico laureato”, Institute of Human Physiology, Parma, 1989-1999; Contract professor of Fundamentals in Neuroscience, Undergraduate Course of Psychology, Parma, 1996-1999; Professor of Fundamentals in Neuroscience, Undergraduate Course of Psychology, Parma, 1999-2001; Professor of Psychobiology, Undergraduate Course of Psychology, Parma, 2001-2002; Professor of Physiology,Undergraduate Course of Psychology, Parma, 2003-2004; Academic Position: Full Professor of Physiology.
Positions Center Director Organizational affiliation: Centro Interdipartimentale per le Neuroimmagini - CIN President of the second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE Organizational affiliation:
Teaching Academic year of provision: 2026/2027 Fundamentals of neurophysiology First-cycle degree course in Psychological sciences and techniques for contemporary challenges Year: 1° HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY First-cycle degree course in SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY module Year: 1° MIRROR NEURON SYSTEMS: APPLICATIONS Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE NEUROSCIENCE OF SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS module Year: 2° NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE Year: 1° PHYSIOLOGY First-cycle degree course in Childhood neuro and psychomotricity MORPHOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL SCIENCES module Year: 1° Previous years Academic year of provision: 2025/2026 Fundamentals of neurophysiology First-cycle degree course in Psychological sciences and techniques for contemporary challenges Year: 1° HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY First-cycle degree course in SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY module Year: 1° MIRROR NEURON SYSTEMS: APPLICATIONS Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE NEUROSCIENCE OF SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS module Year: 2° NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE Year: 1° PHYSIOLOGY First-cycle degree course in Childhood neuro and psychomotricity MORPHOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL SCIENCES module Year: 1° Academic year of provision: 2024/2025 Fundamentals of neurophysiology First-cycle degree course in Psychological sciences and techniques for contemporary challenges Year: 1° HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY First-cycle degree course in SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY module Year: 1° MIRROR NEURON SYSTEMS: APPLICATIONS Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE NEUROSCIENCE OF SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS module Year: 2° NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE Year: 1° Academic year of provision: 2023/2024 HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY First-cycle degree course in SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY module Year: 1° MIRROR NEURON SYSTEMS: APPLICATIONS Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE module Year: 2° NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE Year: 1° Unit A - Neuroscience: systems First-cycle degree course in PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNIQUES NEUROSCIENCE module Hub: Unimore Year: 1° Academic year of provision: 2022/2023 HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY First-cycle degree course in SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY module Year: 1° MIRROR NEURON SYSTEMS AND INTERSUBIECTIVITY Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE module Year: 2° MIRROR NEURON SYSTEMS: APPLICATIONS Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE module Year: 2° NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE Year: 1° PSYCOBIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY II First-cycle degree course in SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY module Year: 1° UNIT A First-cycle degree course in PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNIQUES NEUROSCIENCE module Hub: Unimore Year: 1° Academic year of provision: 2021/2022 HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY First-cycle degree course in SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY module Year: 1° MIRROR NEURON SYSTEMS: APPLICATIONS Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE module Year: 2° NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE Year: 1° PSYCOBIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY II First-cycle degree course in SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY module Year: 1° UNIT A First-cycle degree course in PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNIQUES NEUROSCIENCE module Hub: Unimore Year: 1° Academic year of provision: 2020/2021 HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY First-cycle degree course in SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY module Year: 1° MIRROR NEURON SYSTEMS: APPLICATIONS Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE module Year: 2° NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES Second-cycle degree course in PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE Year: 1° PSYCOBIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY II First-cycle degree course in SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY module Year: 1° UNIT A First-cycle degree course in PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNIQUES NEUROSCIENCE module Hub: Unimore Year: 1° The teachings are listed up to the 2020/2021 academic year
Research Publications Action Observation Combined With Virtual Reality Promotes Motor Recovery After Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial Authors: Errante Antonino; Saviola Donatella; Cantoni Matteo; Iannuzzelli Katia; Rubertelli Chiara; Ziccarelli Settimio; Togni Fabrizio; Simonini Marcello; Malchiodi Carolina; Bertoni Debora; Inzaghi Maria Grazia; Bozzetti Francesca; Quarenghi Annamaria; Quarenghi Paola; Bosone Daniele; Fogassi Leonardo; Salvi Gianpietro; De Tanti Antonio Year: 2026 Functional and structural connectivity between the cerebellum and the cortical mirror neuron system: evidence from fMRI and DTI probabilistic tractography Authors: Errante Antonino; Sicuri Eleonora; Russo Cristina; Ciullo Giuseppe; Piras Alessandro; Gerbella Marzio; Fogassi Leonardo Year: 2026 Encoding of visual stimuli and behavioral goals in distinct anatomical areas of monkey ventrolateral prefrontal cortex Authors: Basile C.; Gerbella M.; Gravante A.; Lapadula A.; Rodà F.; Simone L.; Fogassi L.; Rozzi S. Year: 2025 Predicting imitative performance through cortico-cerebellar circuits: A multivariate and effective connectivity study Authors: Errante Antonino; Ciullo Giuseppe; Ziccarelli Settimio; Piras Alessandro; Russo Cristina; Fogassi Leonardo Year: 2025 Shared body representation constraints in human and non-human primates behavior Authors: Errante A.; Rossi Sebastiano A.; Castellani N.; Rozzi S.; Fogassi L.; Garbarini F. Year: 2024 Full list of publications Research projects Decoding kinematics of others' actions for learning new motor skills in healthy individuals and children with motor deficits: Neuroimaging studies and early Health Technology Assessment Manager: Fogassi Leonardo Sponsor: Ministero dell'università e della ricerca Start date: 18/10/2023 End date: 28/02/2026 The Neurophysiological Bases of Biological Motion: From Laboratory to Clinics Manager: Fogassi Leonardo Sponsor: Ministero dell'università e della ricerca Start date: 08/05/2022 End date: 07/05/2025 “ACTON-DIP: ACTion Observation tele-rehabilitatioN for upper limb in children with DIPlegic celebral palsy” Manager: Fogassi Leonardo Sponsor: MINISTERO DELLA SALUTE Start date: 01/09/2021 End date: 31/05/2024 Tackling dementia with innovative operative training for formal caregivers nell'ambito del Programma Erasmus Plus/Strategic Manager: Fogassi Leonardo Sponsor: ASP AD PERSONAM Start date: 01/01/2019 End date: 31/12/2020 Load more projects Loading…
