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Research Frontiers in Neurocinema and Cognitive Spectator Response

Uses neuroscientific methods including fMRI and eye-tracking to understand how film techniques activate brain regions and influence cognitive processing.

Temporal Binding in Narrative Perception and Cognitive Closure
Mirror Neuron Activation Across Genre and Embodied Spectatorship
Predictive Processing and the Neurobiology of Plot Suspension
Affective Contagion in Ensemble Cast Neurodynamics
Visual Attention and the Neural Substrate of Cinematic Montage
Memory Reconsolidation Through Flashback and Narrative Fragmentation
Synaptic Plasticity in Long-Form Viewing and Binge Culture
Subcortical Threat Detection in Horror Film Neurophysiology
Default Mode Networks and Diegetic Immersion Paradoxes
Dopaminergic Reward Pathways in Genre Expectation and Subversion

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