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Francesca Davy-Falconi
The idea for my keystone project came to be during my junior year, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. It was Spring of 2020, and while I knew that I wanted my project to be focused on neuroscience and storytelling, I wasn’t sure how to unite the two.
It occurred to me that memory might be the bridge between neuroscience and storytelling, and what could be more memorable than the COVID-19 pandemic?
Studies have demonstrated that recalling a positive memory can lower stress levels to baseline under stress conditions, and to below baseline under normal conditions (Speer et al, 2017).
My question became the following: what happens if we recall a stressful memory, but consciously re-frame it into a verbal story?
How might that alter our physiological response to the memory?
Questions or Ideas?
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