The Performing Mind

Theater, Performance, and Cognition. Edited by Rhonda Blair and Amy Cook. Bloomsbury Methuen. Forthcoming

6 Pages Posted: 27 Dec 2015

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Mark B. Turner

Case Western Reserve University - Department of Cognitive Science

Date Written: December 24, 2015

Abstract

Theater exists because we already do all of it all the time. From a cognitive scientific perspective, theater qua theater is a slightly specialized design for the deployment of pre-existing and ubiquitous theatricality.

Keywords: Theater, drama, performance, performativity, cognitive science

Suggested Citation

Turner, Mark B., The Performing Mind (December 24, 2015). Theater, Performance, and Cognition. Edited by Rhonda Blair and Amy Cook. Bloomsbury Methuen. Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2708070

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