How literature plays with the brain : the neuroscience of reading and art

How literature plays with the brain : the neuroscience of reading and art / Paul B. Armstrong.

Author/creator	Armstrong, Paul B., 1949-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, [2013]
Description	xv, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Reading, Psychology of. Psychology and literature. Neurosciences and the arts. Literature--Psychology.

Contents	Preface -- The brain and aesthetic experience -- How the brain learns to read and the play of harmony and dissonance -- The neuroscience of the hermeneutic circle -- The temporality of reading and the de-centered brain -- The social brain and the paradox of the alter ego -- Epilogue.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-212) and index.
LCCN	2012044603
ISBN	9781421410029 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	1421410028 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	BF456.R2 A86 2013	✔ Available	Place Hold