Neurocinematics: The Science of Watching Movies
Cinema has long been one of humanity’s shared pastimes, serving as a window into a plethora of different worlds that we can traverse as a mode of escapism. Whether it’s the high emotion and drama of Titanic , or the evergreen, incisive comedy of Mean Girls , movies capture nearly the entire spectrum of human experience and offer a sense of community. Alfred Hitchcock once said that “creation is based on an exact science of audience reactions”, and indeed, the emotional journey an audience...