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Stories can inspire love, anger, fear and nostalgia - but what is going on in our brains when this happens? And how do our minds conjure up worlds and characters from the words we read on the page?
Rapid advances in the scientific understanding of the brain have cast new light on how we engage with literature. This book - collaboratively written by an experienced neuroscientist and literary critic and writer - explores these new insights. Key concepts in neuroscience are first introduced for non-specialists and a range of literary texts by writers such as Ian McEwan, Jim Crace and E.L. Doctorow are read in light of the latest scientific thought on the workings of the mind and brain. Brain, Mind, and the Narrative Imagination demonstrates how literature taps into deep structures of memory and emotion that lie at the heart of our humanity. It will be of interest to readers of all sorts and students from both the humanities and the sciences.
Rapid advances in the scientific understanding of the brain have cast new light on how we engage with literature. This book - collaboratively written by an experienced neuroscientist and literary critic and writer - explores these new insights. Key concepts in neuroscience are first introduced for non-specialists and a range of literary texts by writers such as Ian McEwan, Jim Crace and E.L. Doctorow are read in light of the latest scientific thought on the workings of the mind and brain. Brain, Mind, and the Narrative Imagination demonstrates how literature taps into deep structures of memory and emotion that lie at the heart of our humanity. It will be of interest to readers of all sorts and students from both the humanities and the sciences.
Stories can inspire love, anger, fear and nostalgia - but what is going on in our brains when this happens? And how do our minds conjure up worlds and characters from the words we read on the page?
Rapid advances in the scientific understanding of the brain have cast new light on how we engage with literature. This book - collaboratively written by an experienced neuroscientist and literary critic and writer - explores these new insights. Key concepts in neuroscience are first introduced for non-specialists and a range of literary texts by writers such as Ian McEwan, Jim Crace and E.L. Doctorow are read in light of the latest scientific thought on the workings of the mind and brain. Brain, Mind, and the Narrative Imagination demonstrates how literature taps into deep structures of memory and emotion that lie at the heart of our humanity. It will be of interest to readers of all sorts and students from both the humanities and the sciences.
Rapid advances in the scientific understanding of the brain have cast new light on how we engage with literature. This book - collaboratively written by an experienced neuroscientist and literary critic and writer - explores these new insights. Key concepts in neuroscience are first introduced for non-specialists and a range of literary texts by writers such as Ian McEwan, Jim Crace and E.L. Doctorow are read in light of the latest scientific thought on the workings of the mind and brain. Brain, Mind, and the Narrative Imagination demonstrates how literature taps into deep structures of memory and emotion that lie at the heart of our humanity. It will be of interest to readers of all sorts and students from both the humanities and the sciences.
Über den Autor
Christopher Comer is Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Montana, USA.
Zusammenfassung
Explores literary, theoretical and scientific writings by the likes of Jim Crace, Antonio Damasio, Charles Darwin, Daniel Dennett, Ian McEwan and I.A. Richards
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction Back to the Future
PART I: Motivations to Explore Our Storied Mind
Chapter 1 The Scheherazade Syndrome
Chapter 2 Orchestrating the Imagination
PART II: Into the Neural Terrain
Chapter 3 Brain and Behavior
Chapter 4 Deep Substrates of Narrative Imagination
PART III: The Journey from Words to Narratives
Chapter 5 Compelled by Words
Chapter 6 The Cognitive Habitat of Narratives
PART IV: Converging Paths?
Chapter 7 Affective Cognition and Sociality
Chapter 8 The Feeling of What Happened
Chapter 9 Memory, Imagination, Self
Chapter 10 The via dolorosa of the Self
Afterword
References Cited
Index
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction Back to the Future
PART I: Motivations to Explore Our Storied Mind
Chapter 1 The Scheherazade Syndrome
Chapter 2 Orchestrating the Imagination
PART II: Into the Neural Terrain
Chapter 3 Brain and Behavior
Chapter 4 Deep Substrates of Narrative Imagination
PART III: The Journey from Words to Narratives
Chapter 5 Compelled by Words
Chapter 6 The Cognitive Habitat of Narratives
PART IV: Converging Paths?
Chapter 7 Affective Cognition and Sociality
Chapter 8 The Feeling of What Happened
Chapter 9 Memory, Imagination, Self
Chapter 10 The via dolorosa of the Self
Afterword
References Cited
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
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Genre: | Allgemeine Lexika |
Rubrik: | Literaturwissenschaft |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Seiten: | 304 |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9781350127791 |
ISBN-10: | 1350127795 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: |
Taggart, Ashley
Comer, Christopher |
Hersteller: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Maße: | 233 x 153 x 17 mm |
Von/Mit: | Ashley Taggart (u. a.) |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 25.02.2021 |
Gewicht: | 0,472 kg |
Über den Autor
Christopher Comer is Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Montana, USA.
Zusammenfassung
Explores literary, theoretical and scientific writings by the likes of Jim Crace, Antonio Damasio, Charles Darwin, Daniel Dennett, Ian McEwan and I.A. Richards
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction Back to the Future
PART I: Motivations to Explore Our Storied Mind
Chapter 1 The Scheherazade Syndrome
Chapter 2 Orchestrating the Imagination
PART II: Into the Neural Terrain
Chapter 3 Brain and Behavior
Chapter 4 Deep Substrates of Narrative Imagination
PART III: The Journey from Words to Narratives
Chapter 5 Compelled by Words
Chapter 6 The Cognitive Habitat of Narratives
PART IV: Converging Paths?
Chapter 7 Affective Cognition and Sociality
Chapter 8 The Feeling of What Happened
Chapter 9 Memory, Imagination, Self
Chapter 10 The via dolorosa of the Self
Afterword
References Cited
Index
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction Back to the Future
PART I: Motivations to Explore Our Storied Mind
Chapter 1 The Scheherazade Syndrome
Chapter 2 Orchestrating the Imagination
PART II: Into the Neural Terrain
Chapter 3 Brain and Behavior
Chapter 4 Deep Substrates of Narrative Imagination
PART III: The Journey from Words to Narratives
Chapter 5 Compelled by Words
Chapter 6 The Cognitive Habitat of Narratives
PART IV: Converging Paths?
Chapter 7 Affective Cognition and Sociality
Chapter 8 The Feeling of What Happened
Chapter 9 Memory, Imagination, Self
Chapter 10 The via dolorosa of the Self
Afterword
References Cited
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
---|---|
Genre: | Allgemeine Lexika |
Rubrik: | Literaturwissenschaft |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Seiten: | 304 |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9781350127791 |
ISBN-10: | 1350127795 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: |
Taggart, Ashley
Comer, Christopher |
Hersteller: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Maße: | 233 x 153 x 17 mm |
Von/Mit: | Ashley Taggart (u. a.) |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 25.02.2021 |
Gewicht: | 0,472 kg |
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