{"id":200,"date":"2013-12-10T14:31:35","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T14:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/?p=200"},"modified":"2013-12-10T14:35:33","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T14:35:33","slug":"affective-performance-and-cognitive-science-body-brain-and-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/2013\/12\/10\/affective-performance-and-cognitive-science-body-brain-and-being\/","title":{"rendered":"Affective Performance and Cognitive Science: Body, Brain and Being"},"content":{"rendered":"

Affective Performance and Cognitive Science: Body, Brain and Being<\/b><\/p>\n

Edited by Professor Nicola Shaughnessy<\/p>\n

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Available from the publisher\u2019s website:\u00a0<\/b>http:\/\/bit.ly\/1eRVda1<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

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Exploring new developments in the dialogues between science and theatre, the volume offers an introduction to a fast-expanding area of research and practice. The cognitive revolution in the humanities is affording fresh insights into audience experience, performance processes and training. Scientists are collaborating with artists to investigate how our brains and bodies engage with performance to create new understanding of perception, emotion, imagination and empathy. Divided into four parts, each introduced by an expert editorial from leading researchers in the field, this edited volume showcases some of the main areas of collaboration and research:<\/p>\n