
Marco Iacoboni, M.D., Ph.D.
Titles
Professor, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Professor In-Residence, Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
Member, Brain Research Institute
Neuroscience GPB Home Area
Contact Information
Email
iacoboni@ucla.edu Address
Work Address:
OfficeAhmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center
660 Charles E. Young Drive South
Los Angeles, CA 90095
UNITED STATES
Biography
Marco Iacoboni is 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 neuroscientist originally from Rome, Italy. He joined the faculty of the Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center at UCLA in 1999. Lab website: http://iacoboni.bol.ucla.edu/
Publications
A selected list of publications:
Meister Ingo G, Wu Allan D, Deblieck Choi, Iacoboni Marco
Early semantic and phonological effects on temporal- and
muscle-specific motor resonance
The European journal of neuroscience,
2012;
.
Lin Chien-Ho Janice, Chiang Ming-Chang, Wu Allan D, Iacoboni Marco, Udompholkul Parima, Yazdanshenas Omid, Knowlton Barbara J
Enhanced Motor Learning in Older Adults Is Accompanied by Increased
Bilateral Frontal and Fronto-Parietal Connectivity
Brain connectivity,
2012;
.
Lin Chien-Ho Janice, Chiang Ming-Chang, Wu Allan D, Iacoboni Marco, Udompholkul Parima, Yazdanshenas Omid, Knowlton Barbara J
Age related differences in the neural substrates of motor sequence
learning after interleaved and repetitive practices
NeuroImage,
2012;
.
Lin Chien-Ho Janice, Chiang Ming-Chang, Knowlton Barbara J, Iacoboni Marco, Udompholkul Parima, Wu Allan D
Interleaved practice enhances skill learning and the functional
connectivity of fronto-parietal networks
Human brain mapping,
2012;
.
Losin Elizabeth A Reynolds, Iacoboni Marco, Martin Alia, Cross Katy A, Dapretto Mirella
Race modulates neural activity during imitation
NeuroImage,
2012; 59(4):
3594-603.
Moore William E, Pfeifer Jennifer H, Masten Carrie L, Mazziotta John C, Iacoboni Marco, Dapretto Mirella
Facing puberty: associations between pubertal development and neural
responses to affective facial displays
Social cognitive and affective neuroscience,
2012; 7(1):
35-43.
Babiloni Claudio, Infarinato Francesco, Marzano Nicola, Iacoboni Marco, Dassù Federica, Soricelli Andrea, Rossini Paolo Maria, Limatola Cristina, Del Percio Claudio
Intra-hemispheric functional coupling of alpha rhythms is related to
golfer's performance: a coherence EEG study
International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology,
2011; 82(3):
260-8.
Del Percio Claudio, Infarinato Francesco, Marzano Nicola, Iacoboni Marco, Aschieri Pierluigi, Lizio Roberta, Soricelli Andrea, Limatola Cristina, Rossini Paolo M, Babiloni Claudio
Reactivity of alpha rhythms to eyes opening is lower in athletes than
non-athletes: a high-resolution EEG study
International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology,
2011; 82(3):
240-7.
Cross Katy A, Iacoboni Marco
Optimized neural coding? control mechanisms in large cortical networks
implemented by connectivity changes
Human brain mapping,
2011; 82(3):
.
Rudie Jeffrey D, Shehzad Zarrar, Hernandez Leanna M, Colich Natalie L, Bookheimer Susan Y, Iacoboni Marco, Dapretto Mirella
Reduced Functional Integration and Segregation of Distributed Neural
Systems Underlying Social and Emotional Information Processing in
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991),
2011; 82(3):
.
Lin Chien-Ho Janice, Knowlton Barbara J, Chiang Ming-Chang, Iacoboni Marco, Udompholkul Parima, Wu Allan D
Brain-behavior correlates of optimizing learning through interleaved
practice
NeuroImage,
2011; 56(3):
1758-72.
Greene Deanna J, Colich Natalie, Iacoboni Marco, Zaidel Eran, Bookheimer Susan Y, Dapretto Mirella
Atypical neural networks for social orienting in autism spectrum
disorders
NeuroImage,
2011; 56(1):
354-62.
Reid Vincent M, Striano Tricia, Iacoboni Marco
Neural correlates of dyadic interaction during infancy
Developmental cognitive neuroscience : a journal for cognitive, affective and social developmental neuroscience,
2011; 1(2):
124-30.
Pfeifer Jennifer H, Masten Carrie L, Moore William E, Oswald Tasha M, Mazziotta John C, Iacoboni Marco, Dapretto Mirella
Entering adolescence: resistance to peer influence, risky behavior,
and neural changes in emotion reactivity
Neuron,
2011; 69(5):
1029-36.
Losin Elizabeth A Reynolds, Dapretto Mirella, Iacoboni Marco
Culture and neuroscience: additive or synergistic?
Social cognitive and affective neuroscience,
2010; 5(2-3):
148-58.
Del Percio Claudio, Infarinato Francesco, Iacoboni Marco, Marzano Nicola, Soricelli Andrea, Aschieri Pierluigi, Eusebi Fabrizio, Babiloni Claudio
Movement-related desynchronization of alpha rhythms is lower in
athletes than non-athletes: a high-resolution EEG study
Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology,
2010; 121(4):
482-91.
Mukamel Roy, Ekstrom Arne D, Kaplan Jonas, Iacoboni Marco, Fried Itzhak
Single-neuron responses in humans during execution and observation of
actions
Current biology : CB,
2010; 20(8):
750-6.
Babiloni Claudio, Marzano Nicola, Infarinato Francesco, Iacoboni Marco, Rizza Giulia, Aschieri Pierluigi, Cibelli Giuseppe, Soricelli Andrea, Eusebi Fabrizio, Del Percio Claudio
"Neural efficiency" of experts' brain during judgment of actions: a
high-resolution EEG study in elite and amateur karate athletes
Behavioural brain research,
2010; 207(2):
466-75.
Fernandino Leonardo, Iacoboni Marco
Are cortical motor maps based on body parts or coordinated actions?
Implications for embodied semantics
Brain and language,
2010; 112(1):
44-53.
Babiloni Claudio, Marzano Nicola, Iacoboni Marco, Infarinato Francesco, Aschieri Pierluigi, Buffo Paola, Cibelli Giuseppe, Soricelli Andrea, Eusebi Fabrizio, Del Percio Claudio
Resting state cortical rhythms in athletes: a high-resolution EEG
study
Brain research bulletin,
2010; 81(1):
149-56.
Iacoboni Marco
Neurobiology of imitation
Current opinion in neurobiology,
2009; 19(6):
661-5.
Harris Sam, Kaplan Jonas T, Curiel Ashley, Bookheimer Susan Y, Iacoboni Marco, Cohen Mark S
The neural correlates of religious and nonreligious belief
PloS one,
2009; 4(10):
e0007272.
Del Percio Claudio, Babiloni Claudio, Bertollo Maurizio, Marzano Nicola, Iacoboni Marco, Infarinato Francesco, Lizio Roberta, Stocchi Massimiliano, Robazza Claudio, Cibelli Giuseppe, Comani Silvia, Eusebi Fabrizio
Visuo-attentional and sensorimotor alpha rhythms are related to
visuo-motor performance in athletes
Human brain mapping,
2009; 30(11):
3527-40.
Greene Deanna J, Mooshagian Eric, Kaplan Jonas T, Zaidel Eran, Iacoboni Marco
The neural correlates of social attention: automatic orienting to
social and nonsocial cues
Psychological research,
2009; 73(4):
499-511.
Del Percio Claudio, Babiloni Claudio, Marzano Nicola, Iacoboni Marco, Infarinato Francesco, Vecchio Fabrizio, Lizio Roberta, Aschieri Pierluigi, Fiore Antonio, Torà n Giancarlo, Gallamini Michele, Baratto Marta, Eusebi Fabrizio
"Neural efficiency" of athletes' brain for upright standing: a
high-resolution EEG study
Brain research bulletin,
2009; 79(3-4):
193-200.
Babiloni Claudio, Del Percio Claudio, Rossini Paolo M, Marzano Nicola, Iacoboni Marco, Infarinato Francesco, Lizio Roberta, Piazza Marina, Pirritano Mirella, Berlutti Giovanna, Cibelli Giuseppe, Eusebi Fabrizio
Judgment of actions in experts: a high-resolution EEG study in elite
athletes
NeuroImage,
2009; 45(2):
512-21.
Aziz-Zadeh Lisa, Kaplan Jonas T, Iacoboni Marco
"Aha!": The neural correlates of verbal insight solutions
Human brain mapping,
2009; 30(3):
908-16.
Babiloni Claudio, Vecchio Fabrizio, Iacoboni Marco, Buffo Paola, Eusebi Fabrizio, Rossini Paolo Maria
Cortical sources of visual evoked potentials during consciousness of
executive processes
Human brain mapping,
2009; 30(3):
998-1013.
Losin Elizabeth A Reynolds, Dapretto Mirella, Iacoboni Marco
Culture in the mind's mirror: how anthropology and neuroscience can
inform a model of the neural substrate for cultural imitative
learning
Progress in brain research,
2009; 178(3):
175-90.
Iacoboni Marco
Imitation, empathy, and mirror neurons
Annual review of psychology,
2009; 60(3):
653-70.
Mooshagian Eric, Iacoboni Marco, Zaidel Eran
Spatial attention and interhemispheric visuomotor integration in the
absence of the corpus callosum
Neuropsychologia,
2009; 47(3):
933-7.
Mazziotta John C, Woods Roger, Iacoboni Marco, Sicotte Nancy, Yaden Kami, Tran Mary, Bean Courtney, Kaplan Jonas, Toga Arthur W, Toga Arthur W
The myth of the normal, average human brain--the ICBM experience: (1)
subject screening and eligibility
NeuroImage,
2009; 44(3):
914-22.
Del Percio Claudio, Rossini Paolo M, Marzano Nicola, Iacoboni Marco, Infarinato Francesco, Aschieri Pierluigi, Lino Andrea, Fiore Antonio, Toran Giancarlo, Babiloni Claudio, Eusebi Fabrizio
Is there a "neural efficiency" in athletes? A high-resolution EEG
study
NeuroImage,
2008; 42(4):
1544-53.
Kaplan Jonas T, Aziz-Zadeh Lisa, Uddin Lucina Q, Iacoboni Marco
The self across the senses: an fMRI study of self-face and self-voice
recognition
Social cognitive and affective neuroscience,
2008; 3(3):
218-23.
Bystritsky Alexander, Kaplan Jonas T, Feusner Jamie D, Kerwin Lauren E, Wadekar Mitali, Burock Mark, Wu Allan D, Iacoboni Marco
A preliminary study of fMRI-guided rTMS in the treatment of
generalized anxiety disorder
The Journal of clinical psychiatry,
2008; 69(7):
1092-8.
Mooshagian Eric, Kaplan Jonas, Zaidel Eran, Iacoboni Marco
Fast visuomotor processing of redundant targets: the role of the right
temporo-parietal junction
PloS one,
2008; 3(6):
e2348.
Deblieck Choi, Thompson Benjamin, Iacoboni Marco, Wu Allan D
Correlation between motor and phosphene thresholds: a transcranial
magnetic stimulation study
Human brain mapping,
2008; 29(6):
662-70.
Pfeifer Jennifer H, Iacoboni Marco, Mazziotta John C, Dapretto Mirella
Mirroring others' emotions relates to empathy and interpersonal
competence in children
NeuroImage,
2008; 39(4):
2076-85.
Holle Henning, Gunter Thomas C, Rüschemeyer Shirley-Ann, Hennenlotter Andreas, Iacoboni Marco
Neural correlates of the processing of co-speech gestures
NeuroImage,
2008; 39(4):
2010-24.
Wilson Stephen M, Molnar-Szakacs Istvan, Iacoboni Marco
Beyond superior temporal cortex: intersubject correlations in
narrative speech comprehension
Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991),
2008; 18(1):
230-42.
Babiloni Claudio, Del Percio Claudio, Iacoboni Marco, Infarinato Francesco, Lizio Roberta, Marzano Nicola, Crespi Gianluca, Dassù Federica, Pirritano Mirella, Gallamini Michele, Eusebi Fabrizio
Golf putt outcomes are predicted by sensorimotor cerebral EEG rhythms
The Journal of physiology,
2008; 586(1):
131-9.
Uddin Lucina Q, Davies Mari S, Scott Ashley A, Zaidel Eran, Bookheimer Susan Y, Iacoboni Marco, Dapretto Mirella
Neural basis of self and other representation in autism: an FMRI study
of self-face recognition
PloS one,
2008; 3(10):
e3526.
Iacoboni Marco
The role of premotor cortex in speech perception: evidence from fMRI
and rTMS
Journal of physiology, Paris,
2008; 102(1-3):
31-4.
Mooshagian Eric, Iacoboni Marco, Zaidel Eran
The role of task history in simple reaction time to lateralized light
flashes
Neuropsychologia,
2008; 46(2):
659-64.
Meister Ingo G, Iacoboni Marco
No language-specific activation during linguistic processing of
observed actions
PloS one,
2007; 2(9):
e891.
Meister Ingo G, Wilson Stephen M, Deblieck Choi, Wu Allan D, Iacoboni Marco
The essential role of premotor cortex in speech perception
Current biology : CB,
2007; 17(19):
1692-6.
Molnar-Szakacs Istvan, Wu Allan D, Robles Francisco J, Iacoboni Marco
Do you see what I mean? Corticospinal excitability during observation
of culture-specific gestures
PloS one,
2007; 2(7):
e626.
Iacoboni Marco, Mazziotta John C
Mirror neuron system: basic findings and clinical applications
Annals of neurology,
2007; 62(3):
213-8.
Del Percio Claudio, Brancucci Alfredo, Bergami Francesca, Marzano Nicola, Fiore Antonio, Di Ciolo Enrico, Aschieri Pierluigi, Lino Andrea, Vecchio Fabrizio, Iacoboni Marco, Gallamini Michele, Babiloni Claudio, Eusebi Fabrizio
Cortical alpha rhythms are correlated with body sway during quiet
open-eyes standing in athletes: a high-resolution EEG study
NeuroImage,
2007; 36(3):
822-9.
Kaplan Jonas T, Iacoboni Marco
Multimodal action representation in human left ventral premotor
cortex
Cognitive processing,
2007; 8(2):
103-13.
Fernandino Leonardo, Iacoboni Marco, Zaidel Eran
The effects of bilateral presentations on lateralized lexical
decision
Brain and cognition,
2007; 64(1):
60-7.
Uddin Lucina Q, Iacoboni Marco, Lange Claudia, Keenan Julian Paul
The self and social cognition: the role of cortical midline structures
and mirror neurons
Trends in cognitive sciences,
2007; 11(4):
153-7.
Kaplan Jonas T, Freedman Joshua, Iacoboni Marco
Us versus them: Political attitudes and party affiliation influence
neural response to faces of presidential candidates
Neuropsychologia,
2007; 45(1):
55-64.
Iacoboni Marco, Dapretto Mirella
The mirror neuron system and the consequences of its dysfunction
Nature reviews. Neuroscience,
2006; 7(12):
942-51.
Molnar-Szakacs Istvan, Kaplan Jonas, Greenfield Patricia M, Iacoboni Marco
Observing complex action sequences: The role of the fronto-parietal
mirror neuron system
NeuroImage,
2006; 33(3):
923-35.
Iacoboni Marco
Failure to deactivate in autism: the co-constitution of self and
other
Trends in cognitive sciences,
2006; 10(10):
431-3.
Wilson Stephen M, Iacoboni Marco
Neural responses to non-native phonemes varying in producibility:
evidence for the sensorimotor nature of speech perception
NeuroImage,
2006; 33(1):
316-25.
Aziz-Zadeh Lisa, Wilson Stephen M, Rizzolatti Giacomo, Iacoboni Marco
Congruent embodied representations for visually presented actions and
linguistic phrases describing actions
Current biology : CB,
2006; 16(18):
1818-23.
Uddin Lucina Q, Molnar-Szakacs Istvan, Zaidel Eran, Iacoboni Marco
rTMS to the right inferior parietal lobule disrupts self-other
discrimination
Social cognitive and affective neuroscience,
2006; 1(1):
65-71.
Iacoboni Marco, Wilson Stephen M
Beyond a single area: motor control and language within a neural
architecture encompassing Broca's area
Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior,
2006; 42(4):
503-6.
Aziz-Zadeh Lisa, Iacoboni Marco, Zaidel Eran
Hemispheric sensitivity to body stimuli in simple reaction time
Experimental brain research. Experimentelle Hirnforschung. Expérimentation cérébrale,
2006; 170(1):
116-21.
Aziz-Zadeh Lisa, Koski Lisa, Zaidel Eran, Mazziotta John, Iacoboni Marco
Lateralization of the human mirror neuron system
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience,
2006; 26(11):
2964-70.
Kaplan Jonas T, Iacoboni Marco
Getting a grip on other minds: mirror neurons, intention
understanding, and cognitive empathy
Social neuroscience,
2006; 1(3-4):
175-83.
Dapretto Mirella, Davies Mari S, Pfeifer Jennifer H, Scott Ashley A, Sigman Marian, Bookheimer Susan Y, Iacoboni Marco
Understanding emotions in others: mirror neuron dysfunction in
children with autism spectrum disorders
Nature neuroscience,
2006; 9(1):
28-30.
Iacoboni Marco
Visuo-motor integration and control in the human posterior parietal
cortex: evidence from TMS and fMRI
Neuropsychologia,
2006; 44(13):
2691-9.
Iacoboni Marco
Neural mechanisms of imitation
Current opinion in neurobiology,
2005; 15(6):
632-7.
Molnar-Szakacs Istvan, Iacoboni Marco, Koski Lisa, Mazziotta John C
Functional segregation within pars opercularis of the inferior frontal
gyrus: evidence from fMRI studies of imitation and action observation
Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991),
2005; 15(7):
986-94.
Molnar-Szakacs Istvan, Uddin Lucina Q, Iacoboni Marco
Right-hemisphere motor facilitation by self-descriptive
personality-trait words
The European journal of neuroscience,
2005; 21(7):
2000-6.
Uddin Lucina Q, Kaplan Jonas T, Molnar-Szakacs Istvan, Zaidel Eran, Iacoboni Marco
Self-face recognition activates a frontoparietal "mirror" network in
the right hemisphere: an event-related fMRI study
NeuroImage,
2005; 25(3):
926-35.
Iacoboni Marco, Molnar-Szakacs Istvan, Gallese Vittorio, Buccino Giovanni, Mazziotta John C, Rizzolatti Giacomo
Grasping the intentions of others with one's own mirror neuron system
PLoS biology,
2005; 3(3):
e79.
Koski Lisa, Molnar-Szakacs Istvan, Iacoboni Marco
Exploring the contributions of premotor and parietal cortex to spatial
compatibility using image-guided TMS
NeuroImage,
2005; 24(2):
296-305.
Wilson Stephen M, Saygin AyÅe Pinar, Sereno Martin I, Iacoboni Marco
Listening to speech activates motor areas involved in speech
production
Nature neuroscience,
2004; 7(7):
701-2.
Aziz-Zadeh Lisa, Iacoboni Marco, Zaidel Eran, Wilson Stephen, Mazziotta John
Left hemisphere motor facilitation in response to manual action
sounds
The European journal of neuroscience,
2004; 19(9):
2609-12.
Iacoboni Marco, Lieberman Matthew D, Knowlton Barbara J, Molnar-Szakacs Istvan, Moritz Mark, Throop C Jason, Fiske Alan Page
Watching social interactions produces dorsomedial prefrontal and
medial parietal BOLD fMRI signal increases compared to a resting
baseline
NeuroImage,
2004; 21(3):
1167-73.
Bodini Benedetta, Iacoboni Marco, Lenzi Gian Luigi
Acute stroke effects on emotions: an interpretation through the mirror
system
Current opinion in neurology,
2004; 17(1):
55-60.
Iacoboni Marco, Zaidel Eran
Interhemispheric visuo-motor integration in humans: the role of the
superior parietal cortex
Neuropsychologia,
2004; 42(4):
419-25.
Iacoboni Marco, Zaidel Eran
Interhemispheric visuo-motor integration in humans: the effect of
redundant targets
The European journal of neuroscience,
2003; 17(9):
1981-6.
Carr Laurie, Iacoboni Marco, Dubeau Marie-Charlotte, Mazziotta John C, Lenzi Gian Luigi
Neural mechanisms of empathy in humans: a relay from neural systems
for imitation to limbic areas
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,
2003; 100(9):
5497-502.
Heiser Marc, Iacoboni Marco, Maeda Fumiko, Marcus Jake, Mazziotta John C
The essential role of Broca's area in imitation
The European journal of neuroscience,
2003; 17(5):
1123-8.
Koski Lisa, Iacoboni Marco, Dubeau Marie-Charlotte, Woods Roger P, Mazziotta John C
Modulation of cortical activity during different imitative behaviors
Journal of neurophysiology,
2003; 89(1):
460-71.
Iacoboni Marco, Mazziotta John, Chang Vivian Y
Retraction. Experience-dependent modulation of motor corticospinal
excitability during action observation
Experimental brain research. Experimentelle Hirnforschung. Expérimentation cérébrale,
2002; 146(1):
127.
Iacoboni Marco, Mazziotta John C, Chang Vivian Y
Retractions
NeuroImage,
2002; 17(1):
513.
Koski Lisa, Wohlschläger Andreas, Bekkering Harold, Woods Roger P, Dubeau Marie-Charlotte, Mazziotta John C, Iacoboni Marco
Modulation of motor and premotor activity during imitation of
target-directed actions
Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991),
2002; 12(8):
847-55.
Aziz-Zadeh Lisa, Maeda Fumiko, Zaidel Eran, Mazziotta John, Iacoboni Marco
Lateralization in motor facilitation during action observation: a TMS
study
Experimental brain research. Experimentelle Hirnforschung. Expérimentation cérébrale,
2002; 144(1):
127-31.
Koski Lisa, Iacoboni Marco, Mazziotta John C
Deconstructing apraxia: understanding disorders of intentional
movement after stroke
Current opinion in neurology,
2002; 15(1):
71-7.