Engaging Audiences asks what cognitive science can teach scholars of theatre studies about spectator response in the theatre. Bruce McConachie introduces insights from neuroscience and evolutionary theory to examine the dynamics of conscious attention, empathy and memory in theatre goers.
| ISBN: | 9780230609884 |
| Publication date: | 12th December 2008 |
| Author: | Bruce A McConachie |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 248 pages |
| Series: | Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance |
| Genres: |
Performing arts Media studies Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology Theatre studies History of Performing Arts Biography, Literature and Literary studies |
Engaging Audiences asks what cognitive science can teach scholars of theatre studies about spectator response in the theatre. Bruce McConachie introduces insights from neuroscience and evolutionary theory to examine the dynamics of conscious attention, empathy and memory in theatre goers.
Engaging Audiences features in the following genres: Performing arts, Media studies, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Theatre studies, History of Performing Arts, Biography, Literature and Literary studies
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Engaging Audiences was written by Bruce A McConachie and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US
Engaging Audiences has 248 pages
Yes it is part of Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance series