Theatrical Improvisation, Consciousness, and Cognition

by C. Drinko

Overview

Improvisation teachers have long known that the human mind could be trained to be effortlessly spontaneous and intuitive. Drinko explores what these improvisation teachers knew about improvisation's effects on consciousness and cognition and compares these theories to current findings in cognitive neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137335296
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	04/05/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	133
File size:	339 KB

About the Author

Clayton D. Drinko is Instructor in the Department of Drama and Dance at Tufts University, USA.

Table of Contents

1. Viola Spolin: Games as a Means towards Flow, Empathy, and Finding One's Truer Self 2. Del Close: Improvisational Time and the Multiple Draft Modeled Mind 3. Keith Johnstone: Spontaneity, Storytelling, Status and Masks, Trance, Altered States 4. The Improvising Mind: On Stage and in the Lab

Editorial Reviews

"I found this work to be fascinating and, as an improviser, intuitive and affirming (which is, ultimately, one of the conclusions of the book). While there are many books on improv and many books on the 'mind/thinking/consciousness/how-humans-learn' there aren't many that link these two areas of scholarship. This book fills that gap." - Jeanne Leep, Professor of Theatre Arts, Edgewood College, USA and author of Theatrical Improvisation: Short Form, Long Form, and Sketch-Based Improv

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