The Development of Alba Emoting
As Alba Emoting started to become a very useful tool for actor training, Prof. Hyrum Conrad, from the Department of Theatre in Birmingam Young University, Idaho, decided edit and publish this book for his students in the United States.
The discoveries and practice of Alba Emoting are developed in the book through a compilation of some scientific articles published in different international academic journals, between the years 1987 and 1993.
The selected articles reflect different experimental stages in the research Susana Bloch as lead on the psychophysiology of human basic emotions.
All articles are the integral reproduction of their original versions as published in the corresponding journals.
Read Hyrum Conrad's PREFACE to the book.
Read Wolf Singer commentary on one of the articles.
Read abstracts of the articles in the book:
ABOUT ALBA EMOTING AND ACTORS
- Bloch, S (1993). “Alba Emoting: A Psychophysiological Technique to Help Actors Create and Control Real Emotions”,Theatre Topics, 3 (2): 121-138.
- Bloch, S., Orthous, P & Santibáñez (1987). “Effector patterns of basic emotions: a psychophysiological method for training actors”. J. Social & Biological Structures, 10:1-19.
ABOUT THE "BOTTOM UP" METHOD OF ACTIVATION
- Bloch, S. Paulet, S & Lemeignan, M. (1995). "Reproducing emotion specific effector patterns: a bottom-up method for inducing emotions (Alba Emoting ™)". In: ISRE '94, Proceedings of he VIII th Conference of the International Society for Research on Emotions, Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge (Nico H. Frijda, editor). ISRE Publications, Storrs, CT USA, pp. 194-199.
ABOUT ALBA EMOTING IN DECISION TREES
-Bloch,S & Lemeignan,M. (1992) “Precise respiratory-posturo-facial patterns are related to specific basic emotions”. Bewegen & Hulpverlening 1: 31-39
ABOUT THE EFFECTOR PATTERNS OF EACH BASIC EMOTION
- Bloch, S, Lemeignan, M., Aguilera-T, N. (1991). “Specific respiratory patterns distinguish between basic emotions”. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 11:141-154.
- Lemeignan, M.Aguilera-T, N, & Bloch, S. (1992) “Emotional Effector Patterns: Recognition of Expressions”. Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive /European Bulletin of Cognitive Psychology, 12:173-188.
