Divergent Mentalization: Developing a neurodivergent performance practice

这个实践研究项目将运用表演来探索与自闭症相关的心理过程，并借鉴我自己作为自闭症患者的经历。该项目将发展一种神经发散性表现实践，试图找到一种通过身体表现来表现自闭症大脑体验的物理方式。本研究的实践元素将是自传体的，并将使用戏剧研究和心理学的跨学科研究来物理地表征诸如心流状态、掩蔽、情绪失调和感官问题等过程。本研究旨在进一步了解神经发散思维，并分享和传播这种理解。

This practice-research project will employ performance to explore psychological processes associated with autism drawing on my own experiences as an autistic individual. The project will develop a neurodivergent performance practice that seeks to find a physical way of representing the cerebral experiences of autism through physical performance. The practice element of this research will be autobiographical and will use interdisciplinary research from theatre studies and psychology to physically represent processes such as flow states, masking, emotional dysregulation, and sensory issues. This research seeks to further understanding of neurodivergent thinking and to share and disseminate that understanding.