Drama and Cognitive Science

Special Session, 1999 MLA Annual Convention

Thursday, 30 December, 8:30-9:45 a.m.
Toronto, Hyatt Regency

Organized by Victoria Hayne, University of San Diego


  1. "A Neuropsychological Conception of Self and the Experience of Drama," Victoria Hayne.

  2. "Dramatic Theory and Theory of Mind: Joanna Baillie's Neural Theater," Alan Richardson, Boston College.

  3. "Personal and Social Schemas in Plays by A. R. Gurney and Anna Deveare Smith," Arvid F. Sponberg, Valparaiso University; James Nelson, Valparaiso University.


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