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Mind, Brain and Narrative
Anthony J. Sanford
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Description for Mind, Brain and Narrative
hardcover. An examination of the scientific evidence for the mechanisms which underlie the effect a writer's language has on the reader. Num Pages: 335 pages, 7 b/w illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: CFD; JMR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 642. 335 pages, 7 b/w illus. 3 tables. An examination of the scientific evidence for the mechanisms which underlie the effect a writer's language has on the reader. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: CFD; JMR. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 23. Weight: 642.
Narratives enable readers to vividly experience fictional and non-fictional contexts. Writers use a variety of language features to control these experiences: they direct readers in how to construct contexts, how to draw inferences and how to identify the key parts of a story. Writers can skilfully convey physical sensations, prompt emotional states, effect moral responses and even alter the readers' attitudes. Mind, Brain and Narrative examines the psychological and neuroscientific evidence for the mechanisms which underlie narrative comprehension. The authors explore the scientific developments which demonstrate the importance of attention, counterfactuals, depth of processing, perspective and embodiment in these processes. ... Read more
Narratives enable readers to vividly experience fictional and non-fictional contexts. Writers use a variety of language features to control these experiences: they direct readers in how to construct contexts, how to draw inferences and how to identify the key parts of a story. Writers can skilfully convey physical sensations, prompt emotional states, effect moral responses and even alter the readers' attitudes. Mind, Brain and Narrative examines the psychological and neuroscientific evidence for the mechanisms which underlie narrative comprehension. The authors explore the scientific developments which demonstrate the importance of attention, counterfactuals, depth of processing, perspective and embodiment in these processes. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
Number of Pages
335
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107017566
SKU
V9781107017566
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About Anthony J. Sanford
Anthony J. Sanford is Emeritus Professor and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of Glasgow. Catherine Emmott is Senior Lecturer in English Language at the University of Glasgow.
Reviews for Mind, Brain and Narrative
'Sanford and Emmott's Mind, Brain and Narrative is the book of the decade for those in the interdisciplinary discourse sciences who appreciate the nuances of multi-layered narrative representation, comprehension, and communication. They discuss scenario-mapping theory, rhetorical focussing principles, and experiential immersion, which are central to a deep understanding of inferences, perspective, emotions, persuasion, figurative language, embodiment, and other phenomena that ... Read more