Affective Sciences and Performance

Post date: Sep 5, 2012 9:12:26 PM

Gabriele Sofia is talking on Saturday 8th September at the Symposium "Affective Science and Performance" organized by the Cognition Kinesthetic and Performance of the University of Kent, Canterbury (UK). Title of the speech: The effect of the theatre training on cognitive functions: a theoretical and empirical research.

Affective Science and Performance

7 September 2012 - 8 September 2012

Jarman Building, University of Kent, Canterbury

Schedule

Friday 7 September

4 - 5pm - Keynote by Professor Bruce McConachie (Gulbenkian Cinema)

5 - 6 - Drinks Reception

6 - 8 pm - Opportunity to experience an Immersive environment from the AHRC-funded Imagining Autism Project (Gulbenkian Cafe)

8pm: Symposium Dinner (Gulbenkian Cafe)

Saturday 8 September

(abstracts and biographies can be found by clicking on the links below)

All today's sessions taken place in Jarman, Studio 1

8.45 - 9.20: Registration

9.20 - 9.30: Welcome

9.30 - 11: Panel 1 - Touching Texts: Cognition and Performance

11 - 11.15: Coffee

11.15 - 12.30: Panel 2 - Affecting the Audience

12.30 - 1.15: Lunch

1.15 - 2.30: Roundtable

2.30-3.45: Panel 3 - The Kinesthetic Actor

3.45 - 4.00: Coffee

4.00 - 5.00: Keynote by Professor Rhonda Blair

Further informations:

http://www.c4ckp.org/ourresearch/upcoming-conferences/affective-science-and-perfo/Information.html