An empirical study of cognition and theatrical improvisation

C and C 2009 - Proceedings of the 2009 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Creativity and Cognition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 117-126

  Magerko, Brian ^a   Manzoul, Waleed ^a   Riedl, Mark ^a   Baumer, Allan ^a   Fuller, Daniel ^a   Luther, Kurt ^a   Pearce, Celia ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Drama; Empirical study; Improvisation; Narrative; Performance

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DRAMA; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; IMPROVISATION; NARRATIVE; PERFORMANCE;

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EID: 84867557562     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1640233.1640253     Document Type: Conference Paper

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