Autorenportrait
is full professor of Comparative Litarature at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. He specializes in both eastern and western literary texts and life narratives by applying neuro-cognitive methods and research results.
Inhalt
Preface - Chapter 1 The fundamentals: Adaptivity, predictivity, counterfactuality - Chapter 2 Because the brain is made to tell - Chapter 3 The neurocognitive function of events - Chapter 4 Cortisol and literature: Suspense! - Chapter 5 On the therapeutic function of narratives - Chapter 6 Two noble parvenues: Neurocognitive and computational criticism - References
