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