Calabretta, R., (in press). A movie of emotions: an experimental lab-lit novel. In Y. Bar-Yam, (ed.), Unifying Themes in Complex Systems. Cambridge, MA, USA. The movie of emotions: An experimental lab-lit novel Raffaele Calabretta Institute of Cognitive Sciences Italian National Research Council, Rome raffaele.calabretta@istc.cnr.it http://ilfilmdelleemozioni.it We present the experimental structure of the book Il film delle emozioni (‘The movie of emotions’, 2007), which makes an attempt at using a narrative structure for communicating the most recent scientific knowledge relative to the functioning of the brain (the amygdala) and, particularly, to emotion management. This book can be defined as an essay on emotions in the form of a novel, or as a laboratory fiction novel (lab-lit). The book is borderline literature that mixes registers and genres: the novel, an autobiography, a scientific paper about emotions, a diary, an emotional trainer, rich of link and bibliographic references, but also a manual on how to live. The book structure is composite: is not divided in chapters, but is a digital miscellany, made up of a variety of materials (i.e., computer files). A feature of the novel is that its structure is not causal, instead it is conceived and realized to convey the novel’s themes and some scientific findings and theories, whose some examples will be given. There is a growing trend of the use of literary techniques for the popularization of scientific findings and theories (e.g., Lloyd, 2003; vedi Eakin, 2003). The book Il film delle emozioni (‘The movie of emotions’; Calabretta, 2007, second edition) makes an attempt at using a narrative structure for communicating the most recent scientific knowledge relative to the functioning of the brain and, particularly, to emotion management.