Alberto Oliverio

Alberto Oliverio (born December 1, 1938) is a biologist and psycho-biologist. He is currently professor of Psychobiology at the Sapienza University of Rome. He has been one of the main assistants of Nobel prize winner Daniel Bovet.[1][2] MD., University of Rome, 1962. Married, one daughter. 1963-64 Research Fellow, Italian Institute of Health, Rome.Activity related to noradrenergic neurotransmitters and noradrenaline turnover. 1964-65 Research Fellow, Department of Physiology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm. Studies on noradrenaline turnover in relation to increased nervous activity (with. U.S. von Euler). 1965-67 Assistant Research Pharmacologist, UCLA School of Medicine and Brain Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA. Research project on behavior genetics and psychopharmacogenetics. Studies on learning and memory in inbred mice (With D. Bovet and J.L. McGaugh). 1967-70 Research Pharmacologist, University of Sassari, Italy. Studies on behaviour genetics and cholinergic mechanisms involved in memory processes. 1969 Visiting Scientist, Regional Primate Research Center, The University of Wisconsin (With H.F. Harlow). 1971 Research Director, Institute of Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology, CNR (Italian National Research Council), Rome. Behaviour genetics, circadian rhythms, central effects of cholinergic agents. 1972 Visiting Scientist, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine. Experiments on Recombinant Inbred strains (With D.W. Bailey) 1973 Associate professor of animal psychology, School of Psychology, University of Rome. 1975 Professor of Physiological Psychology, University of Rome. 1976-2002. Director, Institute of Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology, CNR, Rome. Studies on behaviour genetics, neurobiological correlates of individual differences and learning. Psychopharmacogenetics. 1978 to present. Professor of Psychobiology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Rome (Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology). 1982-84. Dean of the School of Biological Sciences, University of Rome. 1988-1990. Director, Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of Rome.1990 Visiting Scientist, Centre for Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California at Irvine. 1994 to 2001. President, Italian Institute of Anthropology. 2002-2007 in charge of Laboratory of Psychobiology, Institute of Neuroscience, CNR Rome 2002- Professor of Organic Foundations of Behaviour and of Psychobiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Rome, "La Sapienza". 2009- Professor of Neurosciences at the Pontifical Salesian University. 2012- Emeritus Professor of Psychobiology. 2013-2015 President Society of Neuroethics and Philosophy of Neurosciences. 2013- Professor in charge of Psychobiology, Faculty of Science MFN, University of Rome Sapienza. 2017 "Antonio Feltrinelli" Award 2017 Science and Literature, National Academy of Lincei.

Publications

Oliverio is author or co-author of about 400 publications. He is author of about 30 chapters or general reviews in edited books or annual reviews. Has edited 6 books on animal behavior and behavioral genetics and is the author of many books on memory, brain and behavior.

Research fields

Neurochemical – neurophysiological correlates of memory. Genetic approaches to behavior.

Books

  • Oliverio A. & Oliverio Ferraris A., Lo sviluppo comparato del comportamento, Boringhieri, Turin, 1974.
  • Oliverio A. & Oliverio Ferraris A., Psicologia: Basi biologiche, sviluppo, ambiente, Zanichelli, Bolognalflf;efk;fakdl, 1976; 2nd Edition, 1980; 3rd Edition (Psicologia: I motivi del comportamento umano), 1986; 4th Edition, 1990; 5th edition 1996; 6th edition 2002; 7th edition 2007.
  • Oliverio A., (Ed.) Zoologia 1: Comunicazione e comportamento sociale. Letture da Le Scienze, Le Scienze, Milan, 1977.
  • Oliverio A., Maturità e vecchiaia, Feltrinelli, Milan, 1977.
  • Oliverio A.. (Ed.) Genetics, Environment and Intelligence, North Holland, Amsterdam, 1977.
  • Oliverio A. & Oliverio Ferraris A., Maschio/Femmina: Biologia, psicologia, sociologia nel comportamento sessuale, Zanichelli, Bologna, 1978.
  • Oliverio A., La società solitaria, Editori Riuniti, Rome, 1979.
  • Oliverio A. Come nasce un conformista, Editori Riuniti, Rome, 1980. Portuguese Transl: Como nasce um conformista, Moraes / Sódilivros, 1986
  • Oliverio A. & Castellano C., I farmaci del cervello: Droghe e psicofarmaci. Classeunica n. 206, ERI, Rome, 1980.
  • Oliverio A., (Ed.) Cervello e comportamento, Newton Compton, Rome, 1981.
  • Oliverio A., Biologia e comportamento, Zanichelli, Bologna, 1982 (2nd. Edition, 1987).
  • Oliverio A., (Ed.) "Orologi biologici, Quaderni de Le Scienze" n.9, Le Scienze, Milan, 1982.
  • Oliverio A., Saper invecchiare, Libri di Base, Editori Riuniti, Rome, 1982.
  • Oliverio A., I meccanismi dell'apprendimento, Frontiere della Scienza, Fabbri Editori, Milan 1983.
  • Ferraris A. & Oliverio A., I ritmi della vita, Libri di base, Editori Riuniti, Rome, 1983.
  • Oliverio A. & Oliverio A., L'alba del comportamento umano, Laterza, Rome, 1983.
  • Oliverio A. & Michele Zappella, (Ed.) The behavior of human Infants, Plenum Press, New York, 1983.
  • Oliverio A., Le scienze: letture di chimica e biologia, Laterza, Rome, 1984.
  • Oliverio A., La materia e i numeri, Laterza, Rome, 1984.
  • Oliverio A., Lo spazio e il tempo, Laterza, Rome, 1984.
  • Oliverio A., Storia naturale della mente: l'evoluzione del comportamento, Boringhieri, Turin, 1984.
  • Oliverio A. & Oliverio A., La scienza e l'immaginario, Editori Riuniti, Rome, 1986.
  • Oliverio A., Alfabeto della mente, Edizioni Dedalo, Bari, 1986.
  • Oliverio A., L'evoluzione del cervello, Scienza e Dossier (Suppl.) n.8, November 1986.
  • Oliverio A., Dalle molecole al cervello, Scienza e Dossier (Suppl.) n. 15, Giugno 1987.
  • Oliverio A. & Oliverio A., "Nei labirinti della mente, Laterza, Rome, 1989. Spanish transl: En los laberintos de la mente, Grijalbo, Argentina Ponente, México, 1992". Economica Laterza, Rome, 1998.
  • Oliverio A., Per puro caso, Leonardo, Milano, 1989 (Edizione Euroclub, Milano, 1990).
  • Oliverio A., Il tempo ritrovato: la memoria e le neuroscienze, Theoria, Rome, 1990.
  • Puglisi-Allegra S. & Oliverio A., (Eds.) "Psychobiology of Stress", NATO ASI Series, Behavioural and Social Sciences Vol. 54, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1990.
  • Oliverio A., Neandertal, Leonardo, Milan, 1993.
  • Ferraris A. e Oliverio A. La persona, la sessualità, l'amore. Loescher, Turin1994.
  • Oliverio A. Ricordi individuali, memorie collettive, Einaudi, Turin, 1994.
  • Oliverio A. Biologia e filosofia della mente, Laterza, Rome, 1995.
  • Oliverio A. L'arte di pensare, Rizzoli, Milan, 1997. BUR Saggi, Milan 1999. Japanese transl: 論理的思考の技術 Daiwa Shobo, Tokio, 2003.
  • Oliverio A. L'arte di ricordare, Rizzoli, Milan, 1998. 6 editions. BUR Saggi, Milan 2000. Edizioni Mondolibri, 1999. BUR Saggi, Milan, 2000. Spanish transl: La memoria. El arte de recordar. Alianza Editorial, Madrid, 2000. Portuguese transl: A memória e os seus segredos. Editorial Presença, Lisbona, 2001. Japanese transl: 覚える技術 Shoeisha, Tokio, 2002.
  • Oliverio A. L'arte di imparare. Rizzoli, Milan, 1999 BUR Saggi, Milano 2001. Japanese transl: SogenSha, Tokyo 2006. 東京創元社 メタ認知的アプローチによる学ぶ技術
  • Oliverio A. Esplorare la mente. Il cervello tra filosofia e biologia. Raffaello Cortina, Milan, 1999.
  • Oliverio A. La mente. Istruzioni per l'uso. Rizzoli, Milan, 2001. BUR Saggi, Milan 2004.
  • Oliverio A. Prima lezione di Neuroscienze. Laterza, Rome, 2002.
  • Oliverio A. Dove ci porta la scienza. Laterza, Rome, 2003.
  • Oliverio A. Memoria e oblio. Rubbettino, Soveria mannelli, 2003.
  • Oliverio A. e Oliverio Ferraris A. Le età della mente, Rizzoli, Milan, 2004. BUR Saggi, Milan 2005.
  • Oliverio A. Istruzioni per restare intelligenti. Rizzoli, Milan, 2005. BUR Saggi, Milan 2006. MondoLibri, Milan, 2006. Albanian transl: Botimet Max, Tirana 2006 Si ta ruajmë inteligjencën.
  • Oliverio A. "Come nasce un’idea. Intelligenza, creatività, genio nell’era della distrazione". Rizzoli, Milano, 2006. Mondolibri, Milano, 2007. Korean Transl: "MINUMSA" 2008 Greek Transl: "Lector", 2009. Japanese transl: "SogenSha", Tokio
  • Oliverio A. "Geografia della mente. Territori cerebrali e comportamenti umani". Raffaello Cortina, Milano, 2008.
  • Oliverio A. "La vita nascosta del cervello". Giunti, Firenze, 2009.
  • Oliverio A. "Cervello" Bollati Boringhieri 2012. Spanish transl: "Cerebro", "Adriana Hidalgo Editora", 2013.
  • Oliverio A. "Immaginazione e memoria" Mondadori Università 2013.
  • Oliverio Ferraris A. e Oliverio A. "Più forti delle avversità". "Bollati Boringhieri", 2014.
  • Oliverio A. "Il cervello che impara", "Giunti", Firenze 2017

References

  1. ↑ Bovet, D., Bovet-Nitti, F., & Oliverio, A. (1969). Genetic aspects of learning and memory in mice. Science.
  2. ↑ Bovet, D., McGaugh, J. L., & Oliverio, A. (1966). Effects of post trial administration of drugs on avoidance learning of mice. Life Sciences, 5(14), 1309-1315.
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