Narrative

The BML uses movies, narratives, and VR to study human higher cognitive functions especially social cognition and emotions in ecologically valid stimulus and task conditions during neuroimaging. The laboratory develops new methods, in particular data-analysis approaches, hand-in-hand with the empirical work, and has been involved in translational research via collaborations.

Our team works on narrative as a practice that influences how individuals frame and perceive the reality around them. We want to understand how narratives can change readers’ cognitive and embodied practices, such as engaging with their environments, with each other, and with works of art.