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Flicker : your brain on movies /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zacks, Jeffrey M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Motion picture audiences > Psychology.
Motion pictures > Psychological aspects.
Emotions.
Cognition.
Table of Contents:
  • From up on a screen to inside your head. Your brain wasn't built for movies
  • The movie in your head
  • Tearjerkers and sitcoms
  • How movies make memories
  • The dark side
  • The tricks that make movies work. Motion!
  • Cut!
  • Bottlenecks, spotlights, and chunks
  • Sleight of hand
  • Virtual futures
  • Epilog.