My character wouldn't do that : acting, cognitive science and the optimal performance brain /: acting, cognitive science and the optimal performance brain. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Donna Soto-Morettini.
• Authors: Soto-Morettini, Donna
• Contents: IntroductionActing Good and BadThe Anxiety of InfluenceWhat is Acting?Mental BattlesActing is a Three-Stage ProcessActing is a Holistic ProcessSummary SECTION ONE – The Evidence The Actor's BrainSelf-related ThoughtModes of ThinkingDefault Mode and the SelfThe Paradox of ControlYou Can't Take Preparation into PerformanceRethinking How We LearnSummary MemoryHow Did You Ever Learn All Those Lines?Types of MemoryProcesses of MemoryText and MemoryMemory and 'Mood Congruence'Elaborative EncodingYour Brain 'Specs'Working WITH MemorySummary CharacterThinking About CharacterThinking MetaphoricallyWho am I Anyway?Changing our PreparationPredicting BehaviourMy Character Wouldn't Do ThatSummary ImaginationTypes of ImaginationGetting the Body InvolvedSummary EmotionFeeling or Emotion?What is Emotion?Maybe I'm Feeling?Starting from the Body'Trigger' Memories, Sense Memories, Emotional memories(Possibly) The Greatest Acting Performance You DoThe WHOLE Emotional ExperienceMindreading? SECTION TWO – Putting Things into Practice Stage One: The Big PictureFind the Big PictureTwo Different ProcessesKeeping All Your Options Open'Actioning' and its DiscontentsHow Do We Really Get What We Want? Stage Two: Alternating Brain StatesFrom Default to Task-oriented ModeThe Importance of Reading Mind and Body LanguageThe Importance of Keeping Options OpenThe Importance of Doing Things Badly Stage Three: Performance brainStaying in Task-oriented ModeSetting the Right ChallengesStaying in One Time FrameBibliography Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 792.028019; Acting -- Psychological aspects; Cognitive science
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350230378; 9781350230361
• Related ISBNs: 9781350230354; 9781350230347
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