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[2008]
The Mind&Brain Prize - 2008 Edition will be held in Turin on October 15, 2008 in the aula Magna del Rettorato of the University of Turin.
The prize has been assigned to:
:: Jon Kabat-Zinn (University of Massachusetts Medical School)
"For his pioneering role in promoting the multiple potentialities of human mind through mindfulness practices and integrating them into the clinical and scientific perspectives of Medicine and Cognitive Science"
:: Giorgio Rezzonico (Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca)
"For his relentless commitment to the development of services in favour of patients with severe mental disorders and his scientific and academic contribution to the constructivistic approach in cognitive psychotherapy"
:: Fondazione Cavalieri Ottolenghi
"For its fundamental support to basic and applied research in neurosciences and in the investigation of the psycho-biological basis of mental diseases."
[2007]
The Mind&Brain Prize - 2007 Edition will be held in Turin on October 18, 2007 in the aula Magna del Rettorato of the University of Turin.
The prize has been assigned to:
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Michael Tomasello (Max Planck Institute, Leipzig)
"For the outstanding theoretical and empirical advancements in the
comparative study of social cognition in infants and in great apes"
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Cristiano Castelfranchi (University of Siena and Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies of the National Research Council of Roma)
"For his pioneering work in the integration of psychology within the
broader cognitive sciences and for the advancements brought to the
study of agents and agent interactions"
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Il Sole24Ore
"For the intellectual rigour with which the journal advances the
scientific culture in our country and for the constant attention it
dedicates to the field of the science of the mind"
International conference of Michael Tomasello
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"Cooperation and communication in great apes and human children" - Mind & Brain Lecture 2007 October 19, 2007 Aula Magna del Rettorato dell'Università degli Studi di Torino - via Verdi 8 Discussants: Bruno G. Bara, Centro di Scienza Cognitiva, Università e Politecnico di Torino; |
[2006]
The Mind&Brain Prize - 2006 Edition was held in Turin on May 24 in the aula Magna del Rettorato of the University of Turin.
The prize has been assigned to:
:: John Searle (University of California, Berkeley)
"For the significant insights and the remarkable theoretical and technical advancements in the study of the mind and of the nature and structure of language in its social reality"
:: Giovanni Liotti (President of the Società Italiana di Terapia Comportamentale e Cognitiva)
"For the outstanding theoretical advancements in the field of Attachment Theory, and for the clinical implications of his studies on the aetiopathogenesis and treatment of dissociative and borderline states"
:: Andrea Comba (President of the Fondazione CRT of Turin)
"For the active involvement in supporting and sponsoring scientific research in cognitive sciences"
International conference of John R. Searle
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"What is language" - Mind & Brain Lecture 2006 May 25, 2006 Sala Cavour del centro Torino Incontra, via Nino Costa 8, 10123 Torino. Discussants: Bruno G. Bara, Centro di Scienza Cognitiva, Università e Politecnico di Torino; Michele Di Francesco, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele di Milano. |
[2005] Cogsci editon
The 2005 edition was held in the XXVII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society - July 21-23, Stresa, Italy - organized by the Centre of Cognitive Science of Tuirn.
(The Cogsci 2005 edition's prize - Jerry Fodor and James L. McClelland)
The Prize for the year 2005 has been assigned to:
:: Jerry Fodor (Rutgers University)
:: James L. McClelland (Carnegie Mellon University)
(Lectio Doctoralis of Jerry Fodor e James L. McClelland)
On July 23rd in Stresa there have been the Lectio Doctoralis of James McClelland [pdf] and Jerry Fodor [pdf]
:: For detailed informations, see the CogSci05 Detailed Conference Schedule [mind & brain Prize]
[2004]
The 2004 edition was held on May 6th, 2004 in Turin, Italy.
The Prize for the year 2004 has been assigned to:
:: Philip Johnson-Laird
:: Carlo Umiltà
:: Mariateresa Molo
On May 6th at the Department of Human and Animal Biology of Turin there have been the Lectio Doctoralis of the winners. On May 7th, professor Johnson-Laird will be guest of the Center and will lecture on the latest developments of his research.
[2003]
The first edition of the Mind & Brain Prize has been held on May 2003 in Turin, Italy.
(First editions winners: Giacomo Rizzolatti, Domenico Parisi and Romilda Bollati di Saint-Pierre)
The Prize for the first year has been assigned to:
:: Giacomo Rizzolatti
:: Domenico Parisi
:: Romilda Bollati di Saint-Pierre