{"product_id":"empathic-screen-cinema-and-neuroscience-hardcover","title":"Empathic Screen: Cinema and Neuroscience - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVittorio Gallese\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichele Guerra\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFrances Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do people go to the movies? What does it mean to watch a movie? To what extent is the perceived fictional nature of movies different from our daily perception of the real world? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe live in a time where the power of images has strongly invaded our everyday life, and we need new instruments and methods to better understand our relationship with the virtual worlds we inhabit every day. Taking cinema as the beginning of our relationship with the world of moving images, and cognitive neuroscience as a paradigm to understand how the images engage us, \u003cem\u003e The Empathic Screen\u003c\/em\u003e develops a new theory of film experience, exploring our brain-body interaction when engaging with and watching a film. In this book, film theory and neuroscience meet to shed new light on cinema masterpieces, such as \u003cem\u003eThe Shining\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Silence of the Lambs\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eToy Story\u003c\/em\u003e, and explore the great directors from the classical period to the present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking a radical new approach to understanding the cinema, the book will be fascinating reading for cognitive scientists, neuroscientists, psychologists, philosophers, and film and media scholars.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eVittorio Gallese, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Psychobiology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Neuroscience. University of Parma, Italy\u003c\/em\u003e, Michele Guerra, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Film Theory, University of Parma, Italy\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVittorio Gallese, MD and trained neurologist, is Professor of Psychobiology at the University of Parma, Italy and Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, Dept. of Art History and Archeology, Columbia University, New York, USA. Cognitive neuroscientist, his research focuses on the relation between the sensory-motor system and cognition by investigating the neurobiological and bodily grounding of intersubjectivity, empathy, language and aesthetics. He is the author of more than 200 scientific publications and two books. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichele Guerra is Professor of Film Theory at the University of Parma. Authors of more than one hundred publications among articles and books, his work mainly focuses on the relationship between cognitive neuroscience and cinema, American and Italian film history. He is an Associate Editor of the film journal \"Fata Morgana\", and member of the Scientific Board of \"Cinergie\", \"La Valle dell'Eden\", and \"Arabeschi\".\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.3 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 14, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753967026464,"sku":"9780198793533","price":117.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b75e2a7be0fa95cee78596233cbad5e8.webp?v=1780030480","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/empathic-screen-cinema-and-neuroscience-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}