Cognitive Neuroscience and Acting: Imagination, Conceptual Blending, and Empathy

Rhonda L. Blair

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Cognitive science is increasingly recognized as important to performance theory and practice. Blair explains how conceptual blending and compression relate to embodiment, the imagination, and new ways that directors are working with actors.

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