The Princess Bride

1987, USA, Rob Reiner, 98 min, English
With Cary Elwes, Robin Wright

Introduced by neuroscientist Peter Mende-Siedlecki
As you wish”¦a masked stranger comes to the rescue of the beautiful Buttercup and has to make his way through riotous performances by Wallace Shawn, Mandy Patinkin, Christopher Guest, Peter Book, Mel Smith, Carol Kane, Billy Crystal, and Chris Sarandon to get there.

About the Introducer:

Peter Mende-Siedlecki is a post-doctoral researcher in the Psychology Department at NYU, working in the lab of Dr. Jay Van Bavel. Peter received a BA in Neuroscience and Behavior from Columbia University in 2007, and later, a PhD in Psychology from Princeton University in 2014, working primarily with Dr. Alex Todorov. Peter’s work uses methods from cognitive neuroscience and social psychology to examine how we learn about and come to know other people, as well as how these processes are shaped by both social factors (e.g., the groups we belong to) and perceptual influences (e.g., facial characteristics).