Divergent Mentalization: Developing a neurodivergent performance practice

这个实践研究项目将利用绩效来探索与自闭症相关的心理过程，借鉴我作为自闭症个体的经验。该项目将开发一种神经发散表现练习，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。这项研究的实践元素将是自传性的，并将使用戏剧研究和心理学的跨学科研究来物理地表现诸如心流状态、掩饰、情绪失调和感觉问题等过程。本研究旨在加深对神经发散思维的理解，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.