Theatre and cognitive neuroscience / edited by Clelia Falletti, Gabriele Sofia and Victor Jacono.
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TextSeries: Performance and sciencePublisher: London : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2017Description: 280 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781350035591 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Theater -- Psychological aspects | Cognitive neuroscience | Performing Arts | Performing ArtsDDC classification: 792 Summary: With the field of interdisciplinary research on art and neuroscience fast expanding, this volume provides a detailed introduction to some of the main areas of research and practice, drawing on contributions from neuroscientists, theatre scholars and artists. As such it offers readers an exciting insight into the international panorama of ongoing interdisciplinary research between the fields of theatre and neuroscience. Divided into four parts, each prefaced by an expert editorial introduction, it explores: theatre as a space of relationships - a neurocognitive perspective; the spectator's performative experience and 'embodied theatrology'; the complexity of theatre and human cognition; and interdisciplinary perspectives on applied performance.
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Originally published: 2016.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
With the field of interdisciplinary research on art and neuroscience fast expanding, this volume provides a detailed introduction to some of the main areas of research and practice, drawing on contributions from neuroscientists, theatre scholars and artists. As such it offers readers an exciting insight into the international panorama of ongoing interdisciplinary research between the fields of theatre and neuroscience. Divided into four parts, each prefaced by an expert editorial introduction, it explores: theatre as a space of relationships - a neurocognitive perspective; the spectator's performative experience and 'embodied theatrology'; the complexity of theatre and human cognition; and interdisciplinary perspectives on applied performance.
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