This is the first volume to provide a detailed introduction to some of the main areas of research and practice in the interdisciplinary field of art and neuroscience. With contributions from neuroscientists; theatre scholars and artists from seven countries; it offers a rich and rigorous array of perspectives as a springboard to further exploration. Divided into four parts; each prefaced by an expert editorial introduction; it examines:* Theatre as a space of relationships: a neurocognitive perspective* The spectators performative experience and embodied theatrology* The complexity of theatre and human cognition* Interdisciplinary perspectives on applied performanceEach part includes contributions from international pioneers of interdisciplinarity in theatre scholarship; and from neuroscientists of world-renown researching the physiology of action; the mirror neuron mechanism; action perception; space perception; empathy and intersubjectivity.While illustrating the remarkable growth of interest in the performing arts for cognitive neuroscience; this volume also reveals the extraordinary richness of exchange and debate born out of different approaches to the topics.
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