Beyond Neurocinematics

Investigating Biased Social Perception through Collaboration between Neuroscience and Filmmaking

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ID3355264
AuthorsMamdooh Afdile (0000-0002-8371-1451, Mamdooh Afdile, Aalto University, Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Finland. Stockholm University of the Arts, Film and Media Department, Valhallaägen 189, 115 53 Stockholm, Sweden. Email: [email protected]., corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume55
Issue3
Pages278-282
Publication date2022-05-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLeonardo (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0024-094X • E-ISSN: 1530-9282
PublisherThe MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1162/leon_a_02199
OpenAlexW4220912919
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited17

A growing number of neuroscientific studies use films as experimental stimuli, making filmmakers partners in investigations of the brain. The author provides his perspective as a filmmaker who has been conducting neuroscience experiments in collaboration with a team of neuroscientists at the Brain and Mind Laboratory of Aalto University, Finland, over the last five years. This collaboration led to the development of a novel method of investigating the subconscious brain using films as well as insights on how to create more empathy-evoking films. Finally, the author discusses the relationship between social bias and boundaries of collaboration between filmmaking and neuroscience

Art · Cognition · Cognitive science · Empathy · Film director · Filmmaking · Movie theater · Perception · Perspective (graphical) · Social cognition · Social neuroscience · Subconscious · Visual arts · Aesthetic Perception and Analysis · Medicine · Neural dynamics and brain function · Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Psychology

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