Friday 7th April 2006

08.30 . Opening by the Secretary

09.30 Opening by the Participants

10.00 Session I:
The Origins of intelligence
The Session is focused on the cognitive, experiential, and genetic bases of intelligence.
After an Introduction to the themes of the Seminar, the principle theories of intelligence and the developments linked to contemporary cognitive science will be illustrated. The delicate problem of biological influences on the development of intelligence will be dealt with through a presentation of the most recent accomplishments on genetics.

C. Cornoldi - University of Padua
"The study of human intelligence"

Ore 11.00 Coffee Break

Ore 11.30
R. Plomin - King's College, London, (UK)
"The genetic bases of intelligence"



13.30 Lunch

The traditional methodology of surveys of the intellective structures, based on the administration of the classic intelligence tests, was enriched in recent years by the various contributions offered by cognitive neuroscience. The Session will offer an exemplification represented by two particularly significant contributions in this field, that is, those of Artificial Intelligence and Neuropsychology. It will analyze if a robot can manifest superior forms of intelligence, and will discuss the role of the frontal lobe area of the brain to sustain intellective operations of control.

D Parisi - (CNR, Roma)
"Reproducing intelligence in an artefact.
Artificial intelligence and artificial life."

16.00 Coffee Break

16.30
Sergio Della Sala - University of Edinburgh (UK)
"Fragmentation and segregation of the
executive functions"

18.30 Conclusion of the first day.