Your Brain on Stories
Series produced by Battery Radio
Your Brain on Stories is a 2-part series that examines how storytelling could have given early humans a critical evolutionary advantage. Is homo sapiens really homo fictus?
Why are we humans such suckers for a good story?
From infancy to old age, from nursery rhymes to novels to films to television drama, our lives are immersed in stories. Whether it's Hamlet, Han Solo, Coyote, Rama, Miss Marple, Walter White or Tony Soprano - story casts an irresistible spell over us. But why should that be?
Traditionally, scholars of literature find the answer in story structure, characters, and plot lines. But recently, storytelling has come under the gaze of scientists: anthropologists, cognitive scientists and evolutionary psychologists - and they find the answer in evolution.
The series is in two 52-minute parts: the evolutionary origins of (1) non-fiction storytelling, and (2) fiction storytelling. They can be aired as a series or individually stand-alone.
2 Pieces
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Mar 19, 2016
- Length: 52:00
- Purchases: 2
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Mar 19, 2016
- Length: 52:01
- Purchases: 2
