TY - BOOK AU - Stefano Calabrese PY - 2023 CY - Berlin, Germany PB - Peter Lang Verlag SN - 9783631898178 TI - Neuro-Narratology T2 - The Neural Secrets of Narration DO - 10.3726/b20628 UR - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1309695 N2 - What happens in our brain when we create a story? Based on neuro-cognitivism, the study of narratives – ranging from novels to “life-stories”, which relate to interstitial topics – has become more rigorous. In fact, an unparalleled panorama of constants, cemented since the Upper Palaeolithic, has been added to an unprecedented awareness of how each cultural habitat shapes the narratives of its inhabitants. This occured according to a particular neuro-cognitive style, thus limiting the so-called “authorial” freedom. Narratives – whether they originate from the Muses or from the voice of a completely illiterate individual – are like compressors that can zip together all the most crucial elements in our existence: time, space, intentions, purposes, agents and instrumental actions. For this reason, they represent an inexhaustible object of research. KW - Study of narratives, Neuro-cognitivism, Impact of cultural habitat on narratives LA - English ER -