Giovanni Frazzetto
Neuroscientist and writer

What can a brain scan, or our reaction to a Caravaggio painting, reveal about the deep seat of guilt? How can philosophy, or experiments on mice, help us cope with anxiety in the face of the world’s economic crisis? What does the neuroscience of acting tell us about how we feel empathy? What can writing poetry tell us about how joy works? And how can a bizarre neurological syndrome or a Shakespearean sonnet explain love and intimacy? Emotions pervade our lives. But is science enough to explain why we feel the way we feel? We need to learn to effortlessly switch perspective from science to art (and back) to better understand our emotional lives.

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Giovanni Frazzetto was born and grew up in Sicily. After high school he moved to London to study science at University College London and in 2002 he received a PhD in molecular biology from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg. In his work, Giovanni passionately connects science, art and literature. He was one of the founders of the European Neuroscience & Society Network and the creator of the transdisciplinary Neuroschools. He regularly contributes to the international magazines Science and Nature and has written for Haaretz, the Irish Times, the Financial Times, Village Magazine, the Huffingtom Post and Psychology Today. Giovanni has also written short stories and plays and curated science-inspired art exhibitions. In 2008, for his cross-disciplinary and science communication efforts he was awarded the John Kendrew Young Scientist Award. His book ‘How We Feel’, on the neuroscience of emotions, was among The Guardian Best Books of Psychology in 2013 and has been translated in 13 countries. He now lives in Dún Laoghaire (Dublin), Ireland.