PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Smith, Murray TI - "The Pit of Naturalism". Neuroscience and the Naturalized Aesthetics of Film DP - 2011 Dec 1 TA - Iluminace PG - 59--79 VI - 23 IP - 4 IS - 0862397X AB - The English-language study focuses on the direct impact of film on the viewer, e.g. shock and immediate empathy. The author identifies a possible intersection of neuroscientific research and film theory in such affective reactions of the audience, which are triggered automatically and immediately.