Engaging Audiences: A Cognitive Approach to Spectating in the Theatre (Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance) - Softcover

McConachie, B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1349376396 ISBN 13: 9781349376391

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

BRUCE McOCNACHIE is Professor and Chair of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies, University of Pittsburgh, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1349376396
• ISBN 13: 9781349376391
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 257