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Author Armstrong, Paul B., 1949-

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

Publication Info. Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 221 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-212) and index.
Contents 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.
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Subject Reading, Psychology of.
Reading, Psychology of.
Psychology and literature.
Psychology and literature.
Neurosciences and the arts.
Neurosciences and the arts.
Literature -- Psychology.
Literature -- Psychology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Armstrong, Paul B., 1949- How literature plays with the brain. Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013 9781421410029 (DLC) 2012044603 (OCoLC)823085226
ISBN 9781421410036 (electronic book)
1421410036 (electronic book)
9781421410029 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
1421410028 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)