Investigating the neural mechanisms of recreational role-playing associated with the reduction of subclinical anxiety

• Main Author: Wong, Jason Kang Chiang
• Other Authors: Gianluca Esposito
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Psychology::Affection and emotion; Social sciences::Psychology::Applied psychology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/158147
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Anxiety turns dysfunctional at sustained elevated levels. This is associated with deficits in prefrontal cortex emotional inhibitory systems. Psychodrama is an “action-oriented” intervention, where gained insight through practices of role-play and self-dramatisation attenuates anxiety effectively. H...