Sentences with phrase «emotional resonance by»

Every word was scored for its emotional resonance by 50 different native speakers.

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Your Winning Ways goes beyond the tired clichés and overused, superficial tips, by creating an emotional resonance through reinforcing the right information with original, thought - provoking views.

A recent study used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to compare the brain networks activated by the PASAT and SDMT, with the hypothesis that the more complex PASAT would activate greater involvement of regions associated with executive function and emotional stress.6 The study enrolled 17 healthy right - handed volunteers and evaluated each with versions of the PASAT and SDMT adapted for use with fMRI.

Black Panther's third act is less impressive by comparison, as the movie's action gets bogged down in CGI overload and its plot beats lack the emotional resonance of earlier moments, either because they are rushed or a bit too conventional (re: predictable).

Still, the character - driven screenplay co-written by Braff and his brother Adam features some ambitious if calculated ideas that don't achieve either a consistent tone or a satisfying emotional resonance, especially when it comes to the plight of its protagonist torn between personal dreams and family obligations.

By taking a warm, witty approach to a rather outrageous situation, Canadian filmmaker Ken Scott helps us see past the plot holes to the underlying emotional resonance.

While the heavyhandedness may affect the overall emotional resonance, it doesn't affect the anger it inspires regarding the criminal act that took place, nor does it affect my admiration for the terrific work done by Coogler, Jordan, Melonie Diaz, and Octavia Spencer.

It's an impressive technical achievement dragged down by a script that doesn't achieve the intended emotional resonance, either for its characters or for its topical but heavy - handed political message.

If you are willing to fight through the minutiae (and by this point I'm sure you probably are) the emotional resonance of «Part 1» is what you will leave the theater with.

It may not have the emotional resonance of a Pixar movie, but with its playful premise, endearing performances and outstanding score by Alexandre Desplat, «Pets» is fun, family -(and animal --RRB- friendly fare.

Sure, some of it is your typical post-apocalypse stuff that will be familiar to anyone who has seen 28 Weeks Later, I Am Legend or even The Happening, but Brooks lends an unexpected emotional resonance to the material at hand by taking it all very seriously.

The script, from James C. Strouse, has some good lines and solid jokes, but otherwise fails to generate interest, undone by some too cute by half plot developments in the third act that cut off any earned emotional resonance at the knees.

The movie has a lot of speeches, all of them underscored by the swelling strains of Christopher Beck's unrelenting score, and none hitting any emotional resonance.

This «in case you missed our movie» moment caps the movie's strained but hollow attempts to earn emotional resonance, and the mishmash finale, featuring a coda of characters we know nothing about followed by an epilogue followed by yet another coda, frustrates as a further reminder of how little we care about what has happened.

Hotel Transylvania lacks the universal appeal or emotional resonance of a Pixar title but it is by no means a bad film.

One of the moments of emotional resonance in Portal is the incineration (by the player's own hand) of the coyly named and designed Weighted Companion Cube.

With its unique combination of Victorian steampunk collage art and a comedic absurdism inspired by theatrical farces, the game explores the dramatic potential and emotional resonance of a mundane situation.

The exhibition brings together works in diverse media by three artists - Iran do Espírito Santo, Callum Innes and Wolfgang Laib - which, whilst seemingly very different, share many conceptual, intellectual, formal and emotional resonances.

The emotional resonance of the work of the Pictures Generation has accrued over time, strengthened by its curious suitability to the present.

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The plight of these would - be colonists of Mars is heard on a 12 - speaker installation by this artist with a rare ear for the melancholy emotional resonance and sculptural solidity of sound.

«The emotional resonance of The Pictures Generation has accrued over time, strengthened by its curious suitability to the present.»

Coupled with a catalogue featuring essays by the curators as well as by Thomas Crow, David Joselit, Maria Loh, and Howard Singerman, this show will no doubt attest to the emotional resonance, historical insight, and exceptional taste that have always characterized Levine's work.

Trained as an architect and designer, Oscar Bluemner turned to painting in the early 20th century, producing expressive, lush compositions influenced by Cubism and reflective of his keen interest in the visual, emotional, and psychological resonance of color.

Moderated by exhibitions director Richard Klein, the conversation will touch on the history, aesthetics, emotional resonance, and formal qualities of each artist's interest in working with found materials.

For example, dispositional mindfulness has been associated with cortical and limbic markers of emotional reactivity, including less amygdala activation at rest (Way et al., 2010) and during emotional threat (Creswell et al., 2007), as measured by functional magnetic resonance imaging.