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Integration of Film Theory and Studies with Neuroscience 2022 http://ezaposleni.singidunum.ac.rs/rest/sciNaucniRezultati/oai/record/3/9182 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-94651-7_5 M. Milošević B. Sujic The purpose of this paper is to recommend and analyze the possibility and potential of integrating research in neuroscience and film (and media) theory. The starting point is the widespread use of oneiric metaphors in film studies, which make up the base of these primarily psychoanalytic theories and methods in its research. The history and postulates of the theoretical application of the comparison of film and dreams in film theory develop as are some of the new neuroscience findings that examine the neurophysiologic basis of dreaming and film reception. Based on the theories and empirical data presented, it has been demonstrated that using the method of comparing films and dreams in film study is justified and empirically grounded as a neurophysiologic similarity between the two processes exists. Heightened activity of the visual cortex and the inhibition of parts of the prefrontal cortex, which lead to loss of self-representation, indicate the two processes’ main similarity. The main difference is the subject’s presence in an imaginary world and a degree of authorship. There is a need for further study to comprehend the process of secondary elaboration. Theoretical bases for further research came along with the technological development of virtual reality media in the direction of the post-screen image. bookPart Springer 85 103 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94651-7_5