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Cognitive Sciences and Medieval Studies: An Introduction (Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages) - Hardcover

Book 14 of 15: Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages
 
9781786836748: Cognitive Sciences and Medieval Studies: An Introduction (Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1786836742 ISBN 13: 9781786836748
Publisher: University of Wales Press, 2021

Synopsis

What is the value of mapping how neurons fire when engaging with literature and art? How can we understand psychological stress as a historically specific phenomenon? What can medieval mystics teach us about contemplation and cognition? With the rapid development of the cognitive sciences and their importance to how we contemplate questions about the mind and society, recent research in the humanities has been characterized by a ‘cognitive turn’. For their part, the humanities play an important role in forming popular ideas of the human mind and in analyzing the way cognitive, psychological, and emotional phenomena are experienced in time and space. Cognitive Sciences and Medieval Studies aims to inspire medievalists and other scholars within the humanities to engage with the tools and investigative methodologies deriving from cognitive sciences. Contributors explore topics including medieval and modern philosophy of mind, the psychology of religion, the history of psychological medicine, and the re-emergence of the body in cognition.

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About the Author

Juliana Dresvina is a member of the History Faculty at the University of Oxford. Victoria Blud is a research associate at the University of York.

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Publisher
University of Wales Press
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1786836742
ISBN 13 
9781786836748
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
336
Editor
Dresvina Juliana, Blud Victoria