How the Brain Processes Multimodal Technical Instructions - Couverture souple

Remley, Dirk

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0895038943 ISBN 13 : 9780895038944

Editeur : Baywood Publishing Company Inc, 2016

Synopsis

While Aristotle acknowledges the connection between rhetoric, biology, and cognitive abilities, scholarship continues to struggle to integrate the fields of rhetoric and neurobiology. Drawing on recent work in neurorhetoric, this book offers a model that integrates multimodal rhetorical theory and multisensory neural processing theory pertaining to cognition and learning. Using existing theories from multimodal rhetoric and specific findings from neurobiological studies, the author develops a model that integrates concepts from both fields, bridging, if not uniting, them. He also discusses possible applications of the new model, with specific case studies related to training and instruction. These applications include various media used in instructional and training contexts, such as print, slide shows, videos, simulations, and hands-on training. The book thus introduces concepts of cognitive neuroscience to multimodal rhetorical theory and facilitates theorization combining multimodal rhetoric and multisensory cognition, and serves as a vehicle by which readers can better understand the links between multimodal rhetoric and cognitive neuroscience associated with technical communication. Integrating case studies from industry and practice, the text makes explicit connections between academic scholarship and workplace preparation. It also describes how interdisciplinary research can contribute to pharmaceutical research, as well as the development of productive instructional materials. Rhetoric is affected by how the brain of any member of a given audience can process information. This book can promote further research-qualitative and quantitative-to develop a better understanding of the relationship between multimodal messages and how the brain processes such information.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Dirk Remley has taught business writing and technical writing courses for over 20 years at Kent State University, USA where he also earned a PhD in rhetoric and composition. His publications pertain to literacy practices and writing pedagogies, particularly those connected to workplace communication. He has published work in the Community Literacy Journal, Across the Disciplines, Computers and Composition Online, Computers and Composition, and Writing and Pedagogy, in addition to multiple handbook chapters. He has also made presentations at numerous national conferences.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Baywood Publishing Company Inc
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0895038943
• ISBN 13: 9780895038944
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 248
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible