Stories and the Brain - The Neuroscience of Narrative

Taking up the age-old question of what our ability to tell stories reveals about language and the mind, this truly interdisciplinary project should be of interest to humanists and cognitive scientists alike.

About the author

Paul B. Armstrong is a professor of English at Brown University. He is the author of several books, including Conflicting Readings: Variety and Validity in Interpretation and Play and the Politics of Reading: The Social Uses of Modernist Form.

Summary

Taking up the age-old question of what our ability to tell stories reveals about language and the mind, this truly interdisciplinary project should be of interest to humanists and cognitive scientists alike.

Product details

• Authors: Paul B. Armstrong, Armstrong Paul B.
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781421437743
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-3774-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, Philosophy, MEDICAL / Neuroscience, PHILOSOPHY / Criticism, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Neurosciences, Literary theory, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought