Stories and the brain : the neuroscience of narrative / Paul B. Armstrong.

By:

Armstrong, Paul B, 1949- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020Description: 1 online resource (xii, 260 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781421437767
1421437767

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Stories and the brain.DDC classification:

809.9/23 23

LOC classification:

P301.5.P75 A76 2020eb

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Contents:

Neuroscience and narrative theory -- The temporality of narrative in the decentered brain -- Action, embodied congnition, and the "as if" of narrative figuration -- Neuroscience and the social powers of narrative.

Summary: "Neuroscience sheds light on the human proclivity for storytelling. Humans would not produce narratives so prolifically if they weren't somehow good for human brains and embodied interactions with the world. The author connects neuroscience with humanistic narrative theory. He explains how stories coordinate time, represent embodied action, and promote social collaboration, which are all fundamental to the brain-body interactions through which humans evolved as a species and constructed the cultures they inhabit."-- Provided by publisher

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-246) and index.

"Neuroscience sheds light on the human proclivity for storytelling. Humans would not produce narratives so prolifically if they weren't somehow good for human brains and embodied interactions with the world. The author connects neuroscience with humanistic narrative theory. He explains how stories coordinate time, represent embodied action, and promote social collaboration, which are all fundamental to the brain-body interactions through which humans evolved as a species and constructed the cultures they inhabit."-- Provided by publisher

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