Neurocinematics: The Science of Watching Movies

Cinema has long been one of humanity’s shared pastimes, serving as a window into a plethora of different worlds that we can traverse as a mode of escapism. Whether it’s the high emotion and drama of Titanic, or the evergreen, incisive comedy of Mean Girls, movies capture nearly the entire spectrum of human experience and offer a sense of community. Alfred Hitchcock once said that “creation is based on an exact science of audience reactions”, and indeed, the emotional journey an audience...