The Arts, Performing Arts
Engaging Audiences

Engaging Audiences: A Cognitive Approach to Spectating in the Theatre

Paperback Published on: 15/08/2011
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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.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
  • ISBN: 9780230116733
  • Number of pages: 248
  • Dimensions: 211 x 146 x 16 mm
  • Weight: 334g
  • Languages: English