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Cinema and Neurology: From History to Therapy

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The birth and development of cinema is intertwined with neurology and occurred under the influence of positivism, determining important scientific and cultural changes. Neurology, as well as neuropsychiatry, were among the first medical disciplines able to incorporate and use cinematographic instruments in their experimental and clinical practices, displaying the various physiological and pathological phenomena of movement. Motion pictures have been an important medium, not only for clinical and therapeutic reasons but also for general educational purposes and training in the neurosciences. This chapter aims to show a cartography of the use of cinematography and moving images in the field of the mind sciences.

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We are grateful to Patrizia Pilan for the realization of Figs. 9.1 and 9.2. Our final thanks to David Noonan for his revision of our English. This chapter was thought out and structured by the two authors together. For practical purposes, the section 9.1 was written by Simone Venturini; 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, and 9.6 were writtern by the two authors together; while 9.5 is by Lorenzo Lorusso.

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Lorusso, L., Venturini, S. (2020). Cinema and Neurology: From History to Therapy. In: Colombo, B. (eds) Brain and Art. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23580-2_9

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