Giorgio Vallortigara

Professor of Neuroscience, Centre for Mind/Brain Sciences, University of Trento, Italy

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Giorgio Vallortigara is professor of neuroscience at the Centre for Mind/Brain Sciences at the University of Trento in Italy. He is the author of Born Knowing (MIT Press, 2021).

Written by Giorgio Vallortigara

Photo of a chick facing a blue screen with white squares arranged randomly, resembling stars in the sky.
KNOWLEDGE AND REASON

Babies and chicks help solve one of psychology’s oldest puzzles

From the beginning of life, both humans and other species can grasp important characteristics of the world around them

by Giorgio Vallortigara