Yed Spaykin': Reading Brains in the Black Country

University of Wolverhampton, Being Human Fest

Join us for our Being Human Festival 2022 headline event at the Black Country Living Museum

Black Country Living Museum

How does place shape your reading tastes? Do you have a greater affinity to novels that are written in your local tongue? Join the University of Wolverhampton’s <a href="http://novel-perceptions.thememorynetwork.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Novel Perceptions team</a> for an exciting neuro-literary experiment at the Black Country Living Museum. Using eye-tracking technology that measures language processing, we invite you to read Black Country fiction to understand how your socio-cultural background determines your interpretation of the world. This event will not only assess how people respond to dialect but also uncover unconscious biases they might have. The event will end with performances by Black Country writers R.M. Francis and Kerry Hadley-Pryce and a discussion of new research by Dr Esther Asprey and the Novel Perceptions team to show the importance of regional dialect in the making of reading habits.This event is suitable for all, though only those 18+ will be able to participate in the eye tracking experiment.

This event is part of the Being Human festival, the UK’s national festival of the humanities, taking place 10–19 November 2022. Led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, with generous support from Research England, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Academy. For further information please see beinghumanfestival.org.

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