My Character Wouldn't Do That: Acting, Cognitive Science, and the Optimal Performance Brain

Soto-Morettini, Donna

Abstract

Based on the latest research into brain activity and human behaviour, this book puts forward a new way of thinking about the practice of acting. Specifically, My Character Wouldn't Do That considers the ways in which environment shapes us, how memory works, why actors must use distinct kinds of thinking and imagination in the different stages of preparation, rehearsal, and performance.

Citation

Soto-Morettini, D. (2022). My Character Wouldn't Do That: Acting, Cognitive Science, and the Optimal Performance Brain. Bloomsbury Publishing

• Book Type: Authored Book
• Publication Date: Feb 22, 2022
• Deposit Date: Apr 30, 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• ISBN: 9781350230347
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2868373