Literature and the Brain
Download or Read eBook Literature and the Brain PDF written by Norman Norwood Holland and published by PsyArt Foundation. This book was released on 2009 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Norman Norwood Holland |
| Publisher | : PsyArt Foundation |
| Total Pages | : 476 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780578018393 |
| ISBN-13 | : 057801839X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Literature and the Brain by : Norman Norwood Holland
Book excerpt: LITERATURE AND THE BRAIN goes straight to the human core of literature when it explains the different ways our brains convert stories, poems, plays, and films into pleasure. When we are deep into a film or book, we find ourselves "absorbed," unaware of our bodies or our surroundings. We don't doubt the existence of Spider-Man or Harry Potter, and we have real feelings about these purely imaginary beings. Our brains are behaving oddly, because we know we cannot act to change what we are seeing. This is only one of the special ways our brains behave to with literature, ways that LITERATURE AND THE BRAIN reveals. 474 pp. 13 ill.
