1st Edition

The Neuroscience of Multimodal Persuasive Messages Persuading the Brain

By Dirk Remley Copyright 2017
172 Pages
by Routledge

172 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

172 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In this book, Dirk Remley applies his model of integrating multimodal rhetorical theory and multi-sensory neural processing theory pertaining to cognition and learning to multimodal persuasive messages. Using existing theories from multimodal rhetoric and specific findings from neurobiological studies, the book shows possible applications of the model through case studies related to persuasive... Read more

1. Introduction



2. Multimodality and Neurobiology



3. The Neurocognitive Model of Multimodal Rhetoric 



4. Framing Perception with Media



5. Narrative and Persuasion



6. Dress and Natural [Neural] Codes: Smell, Setting and Audience



7. Persuasion of Change



8. Historical Political Speeches



9. Persuasion, Perception and the Law



10. Production



11. A Neurorhetorical Analysis of a Multimodal Print Persuasive Message



12. Conclusion

Biography

Dirk Remley is Professor in the Department of English at Kent State University, USA. He is the author of How the Brain Processes Multimodal Technical Instructions, Baywood 2015 and Exploding Technical Communication, Baywood 2015.