Download or read book Theatrical Improvisation, Consciousness, and Cognition written by C. Drinko and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-04-05 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improvisation teachers have long known that the human mind could be trained to be effortlessly spontaneous and intuitive. Drinko explores what these improvisation teachers knew about improvisation's effects on consciousness and cognition and compares these theories to current findings in cognitive neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy.