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Author:

Zacks, Jeffrey M., author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xi, 342 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Motion picture audiences--Psychology.
Motion pictures--Psychological aspects.
Emotions.
Cognition.
Cognition.
Emotions.
Motion picture audiences--Psychology.
Motion pictures--Psychological aspects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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. -- Action! -- Cut! -- Bottlenecks, spotlights, and chunks -- Sleight of hand -- Virtual futures -- Epilog.

ISBN:

0199982872
9780199982875

OCLC:

(OCoLC)877369533

LCCN:

2014013120

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OPAX566 -- Southeastern Community College - Keokuk - Fred Karre Memorial Library (Keokuk)