Artist Decoded By Yoshino

www.patreon.com/artistdecoded Jeffrey Martin Zacks, American psychology educator, member of the American Psychological Association, American Psychological Society, and the Cognitive Science Society.  His book, Flicker: Your Brain on Movies, delves into the history of cinema and the latest research to explain what happens in your brain when you sit down in the theatre and the lights go out. Topics Discussed In This Episode: How the brain helps us think perceive and aid us in solving problems Mirror neurons The impact that film has on it’s viewers Mimicking attributes of the brain and how it specifically helps us in daily life Film perception Evoking and implementing cues for specific responses within films “The willing suspension of belief” Kids viewing violent films and how it affects them when they are adults Mindset and engagement Age and films Neuroplasticity The “nimble brain” The brain’s development and how we can shift the way we think in order to retain a greater amount of plasticity Movies and the