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1、PerformanceandCognitionCognitivescientistsworkinginneuroscience,psychology,linguistics,philo-sophy,andotherfieldshavemaderapidstridesinthepast20yearsinunder-standingperception,empathy,spatiality,emotions,meaning-making,andmanyothercognitiveareasthatarecruc
2、ialtoproducing,enacting,andrespondingtoperformancesonstage.Surprisingly,however,scholarsintheatreandperformancestudiesarejustbeginningtoapplythesefindingstotheirfield.Thisbookinvitestheatreandperformancescholarstoincorporatemanyoftheinsightsofcognitivescien
3、ceintotheirworkandtobeginconsid-eringalloftheirresearchprojectsfromtheperspectiveofcognitivestudies.Aswellasincludingacomprehensiveintroductiontothechallengesofcognitivestudiesfortheatreandperformancescholarship,thevolumefea-turesessaysinallofthemajorarea
4、softheatreandperformance.Severaloftheessaysusecognitivestudiestochallengesomeofthekeyscholarlyandpracticalorientationsintheatreandperformancestudies.Theexperimen-tallybasedinsightsofcognitivescienceareshowntobeatoddswithSaus-sureansemiotics,psychoanalysis
5、,andaspectsofdeconstruction,NewHistoricism,andFoucauldiandiscoursetheory.Thecontributorsalsoapplyideasfromcognitivestudiestoopenupthepossiblemeaningsofplaystoreaders,andtoilluminatetheprocessofactingthroughtheworkofthecog-nitiveneuroscientistAntonioDamasi
6、o.Theatricalresponseisexaminedwithanessayfocusingonthegeneraldynamicsofperception,andanotherexplainingtheriotsthatgreetedthe1907productionofThePlayboyoftheWesternWorldthroughcognitivestereotyping.PerformanceandCognitionopensupfreshperspectivesontheatrestu
7、dies–withapplicationsfordramaticcriticism,performanceanalysis,actingpractice,audienceresponse,theatrehistory,andotherimportantareas–andsetstheagendaforfuturework,helpingtomaptheemergenceofthisnewapproach.BruceMcConachieisProfessorofTheatreattheUniversityo
8、fPittsburgh,USA,andspecializesintheatrehistory,theatrehistoriographyandcognitiveapproachestotheatre.F.ElizabethHartisAssociateProfessorofEnglishattheUniversityofConnecticut,Storrs,USA,wheresheteachesRenaissancestudi
