Chapter 1: Universals in Film
Bio-Culturalism: Evolution and Film
by Torben Grodal
Cinema as the Redemption of Archetypal Reality
by Nikolai Khrenov
Chapter 2: The Biological Spectator
Neurotransmitter Persistence, Narrative Structure, and Emotion:
A Realist's View
by Charles Eidsvik
Expanded Empathy: Movement, Mirror Neurons and Einfühlung
by Robin Curtis
Chapter 3: Realism
Assessing the Reality-Status of Film: Fiction or Non-Fiction,
Live Action or CGI?
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Understanding Character Motivation: A Process-Oriented
Approach to Realism
by Bruce Hutchinson
Chapter 4: Metaphor
Forms Mirroring Feelings: Iconicity and Empathy in Visual Metaphors
and Non-Narrative Structures
by Codruta-Elena Morari
Embodied Spaces: Film Spaces as (Leading) Audiovisual Metaphors
by Kathrin Fahlenbrach
Chapter 5: Emotional Gratification and Film Genre Selection
Meta-Emotion and Genre Preference: What Makes Horror Films
and Tear-Jerkers Enjoyable?
by Anne Bartsch
The Epistemology of the Gaze
by Mette Kramer
Chapter 6: Engagement and Aesthetics
"The Sea Inside": On the Principles of One's Own Performance
of the Other
by Rolf Kloepfer
Rhythm and Image in Dreyer's Films
by Casper Tybjerg
Chapter 7: Empathy
The Importance of Empathy in the Actor's Art
by Manana Machabeli
Empathy and the Episodic Structure of Engagement in Fiction Film
by Margrethe Bruun Vaage
Chapter 8: Video Games and Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality in Moving Images: Psychology of Aesthetic Perception
by Nadezda Mankovskaya
Perceptual Optimization of Audio-Visual Media: Moved by Sound
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Chapter 9: Play and Comedy
Overcoming Conflicts by Play: Play on the Screen and in the Viewer's Mind
by Peter Wuss
Cognitive Film Theory and Film Comedy
by Kevin W. Sweeney
Chapter 10: The Aesthetics of Reflexivity and Reexperience
Omitting Depth Cues: The Aesthetics of Perceptual Reflexivity
by Tamás Pólya
Cognition and the Aesthetics of Reexperience
by Henry Bacon
