Dr. Marco Iacoboni: Mirroring People - Tune in and learn what a brain scientist has to say about how empathy works, and how we connect to one another. His fascinating book: Mirroring People, details the amazing discoveries that have set the world of brain science on its' proverbial ears.Marco Iacoboni is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Director of the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Lab at the Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center. Iacoboni is a neurologist and a neuroscientist from Rome, Italy. He obtained his M.D. in Rome in 1985 and became a board certified neurologist in Italy in 1989. Iacoboni obtained a Ph.D. in Neuroscience in 1994, in Rome, Italy. Marco Iacoboni joined the faculty of the Brain Mapping Center at UCLA in 1999. Marco Iacoboni is member of the Brain Research Institute and of the UCLA Center for Culture, Brain, and Development. He is on the Editorial Board of NeuroImage, Social Neuroscience, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, and Interaction Studies. Iacoboni has recently edited a book in collaboration with Eran Zaidel, The Parallel Brain, published by MIT Press. Marco Iacoboni's research has been covered by the New York Times (front page), Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The Economist, and major TV networks.