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Engaging Audiences

A Cognitive Approach to Spectating in the Theatre
By:B. McConachie
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9780230609884
eText ISBN:9780230617025
Edition:0
Copyright:2008
Format:Page Fidelity

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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.