Acting, emotions and Philip Seymour Hoffman | Ray Dolan

Actors are often called upon to exert a range of emotions in films and theatrical roles: anger, sadness, worry or happiness. In 2013, Ray discussed with Philip Seymour Hoffman how actors are able to express and repeat a range of emotions, and whether the actor’s brain is aware of the difference between a real emotion and performed emotion. Ray Dolan’s research is concerned with a neurobiological characterisation of human emotion and how it interacts with other components of cognition, particularly attention, memory and decision making.  An emphasis in his recent work has been to link brain activity to theoretical models of decision making, particularly models derived from reinforcement learning theory. He is the author of 400 original papers and is ranked as one of the most cited scientists in the world in the field of Neuroscience and Behaviour. Part of the Exchanges at the Frontier event series: http://www.wellcomecollection.org/exh... Follow us on Twitter:   / explorewellcome   Find us on Facebook:   / wellcomecollection