Welcome
Welcome to the website of “The Primate Mind” meeting to be held in Erice, Sicily. Here you will find information on the meeting, how to register, and what to expect.
June 4-7, 2009
Erice, Sicily, ITALY
THE PRIMATE MIND:
BUILT TO CONNECT WITH OTHER MINDS
A high-level workshop of experts of ethology, biology, neuroscience, and cognition that will address how the primate mind relates to other minds through empathy, imitation, and other social cognition.
Directors of the workshop: Frans B. M. De Waal (Emory University) and Pier Francesco Ferrari (Università di Parma)
Hosted by:
Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture
Director: Prof. A. Zichichi
International School of Ethology, Ca' Foscari,
Università di Venezia
Director: Prof. Danilo Mainardi
UPDATE (6/18/09): Thanks to all the participants of the conference.
If you have pictures that you would like included in the new photo section of this website please send them to Darby Proctor. You may submit two photos (no more than 1 mb each), one in the category of most beautiful picture and one in the category of funniest picture.
The persons whose pictures will emerge from the crowds will win........a
bottle of Marsala wine that will be awarded at the next Primate Mind
conference!!!!! This means that you have to wait a bit before getting the
wine. But it is still worth to participate.