Immersive awareness

Middleton, Deborah K.; Núñez, Nicolás Gonzalo

doi:10.1080/19443927.2018.1462252

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“…Thus we suggest that mindfulness practices and acting practices use a similar mechanism to bring awareness to the body and environment and therefore to reach and intuitive cognitive state. Therefore, we hypothesize that practiced meditators and mindfulness experts may be better at entering the cognitive state of intuition while acting (see also Middleton, 2017; Middleton & Núñez, 2018).…”

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Sense-sational acting: Intuition in actors is supported by interoceptive, exteroceptive, and immersive abilities.

van Mulukom

2024

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

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Intuition has often been assumed to be an intangible process that is beyond an actor's control and influence. This article puts forward an alternative perspective, proposing that intuition is best understood as an embodied cognitive process. We empirically explore this operationalization within the acting context, and propose that intuition for actors can be developed. We hypothesized that (a) immersion and sensory awareness are the driving components of intuition in the process of acting; (b) there would be individual differences in these mechanisms, and (c) these mechanisms can be practiced, developed, and trained. We tested these hypotheses through a series of multimethodological studies: Study 1, a large-scale survey with actors of all levels (n = 310), Study 2, a large experimental study with psychology students (n = 198), and Study 3, a longitudinal and experimental feasibility study involving a newly developed training method for acting students (n = 20). The results demonstrated that trait absorption and exteroceptive awareness predicted the participants' intuition, and that individual differences in trait awareness and immersion were associated with concurrent differences in tasks assessing intuition and intuition mechanisms. We moreover found that these skills may be developable and trainable: Intuition scores were greater in actors with greater practice (Study 1), in acting students than psychology students (Study 2), and increased as a result of the training method focused on attention and awareness (Study 3). We conclude that in the context of acting, intuition is supported by trainable abilities for awareness and immersion.

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Section: Acting Intuitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sense-sational acting: Intuition in actors is supported by interoceptive, exteroceptive, and immersive abilities.

van Mulukom

2024

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

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The route to immersion: a conceptual framework for cross-disciplinary immersive theatre and experiences

Punpeng,

Yodnane

2023

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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The trend of immersive theatre, which began in the first decade of the twenty-first century, and has quickly established itself in contemporary mainstream theatre, is a subset of the larger phenomenon of emerging immersive experiences, which has expanded into a variety of fields, including healthcare, marketing, and education. This paper aims to provide a revised conceptual framework from the context of design through technologies with an addition of bodily immersion, or a sensation of bodily transference, creating illusory ownership over a virtual body, and activating praesence, a lived experience of the physical body responding within an imaginative, sensual environment, produced with the help of immersive technology. This concept, taken from the field of theatre and performance, is combined with four other components (systems, spatial, social/empathic, and narrative/sequential) to produce an immersive experience that realises the fullest potential of immersion. The proposed framework serves as a valuable guideline for creating immersive experiences across multiple disciplines, benefiting both creators and participants by enhancing comprehension and setting expectations. Additionally, it can be utilised by academics and students as a criteria for evaluation and analysis.

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Habit and the Potential for Actor Training with Immersive and Virtual Production Technology

Matthews

2023

Performance Research

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Immersive awareness

Cited by 3 publications

References 5 publications

Sense-sational acting: Intuition in actors is supported by interoceptive, exteroceptive, and immersive abilities.

Sense-sational acting: Intuition in actors is supported by interoceptive, exteroceptive, and immersive abilities.

The route to immersion: a conceptual framework for cross-disciplinary immersive theatre and experiences

Habit and the Potential for Actor Training with Immersive and Virtual Production Technology

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