Flicker : your brain on movies / Jeffrey M. Zacks.

How is it that a patch of flickering light on a wall can produce experiences that engage our imaginations and can feel totally real? From the vertigo of a skydive to the emotional charge of an unexpected victory or defeat, movies give us some of our most vivid experiences and lasting memories. They...

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Main Author: Zacks, Jeffrey M. (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]
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Physical Description:xi, 342 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a From up on a screen to inside your head. Your brain wasn't built for movies -- The movie in your head -- Tearjerkers and sitcoms -- How movies make memories -- The dark side -- The tricks that make movies work. Motion! -- Cut! -- Bottlenecks, spotlights, and chunks -- Sleight of hand -- Virtual futures -- Epilog. 
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