For distinguished contributions to psychophysiology: Monica Fabiani and Gabriele Gratton.

At the time when their awards were conferred, the name "Fabiani" had occurred 416 times on Gabriele's CV, whereas the name "Gratton" had appeared 447 times on Monica's CV. Moreover, this study showcases a novel measure of cerebral elasticity that Monica and Gabriele recently developed - the pulse relaxation function with diffuse optical tomography (Fabiani, Low, et al., [15]). Monica and Gabriele first became friends when Monica's best friend began dating one of Gabriele's older brothers. Monica and Gabriele also were active with Caterina and Cristina's school and extracurricular activities, including Gabriele coaching his daughters' soccer teams (and playing in an adult league himself). [Extracted from the article]