An empirical study of cognition and theatrical improvisation

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Proceeding of the seventh ACM conference on Creativity and cognition table of contents

Berkeley, California, USA

SESSION: Craft & art I table of contents

Pages 117-126

Year of Publication: 2009

ISBN:978-1-60558-865-0

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Brian Magerko	Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
Waleed Manzoul	Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
Mark Riedl	Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
Allan Baumer	Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
Daniel Fuller	Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
Kurt Luther	Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
Celia Pearce	Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

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SIGCHI: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

This paper presents preliminary findings from our empirical study of the cognition employed by performers in improvisational theatre. Our study has been conducted in a laboratory setting with local improvisers. Participants performed predesigned improv "games", which were videotaped and shown to each individual participant for a retrospective protocol collection. The participants were then shown the video again as a group to elicit data on group dynamics, misunderstandings, etc. This paper presents our initial findings that we have built based on our initial analysis of the data and highlights details of interest.

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