by Mary K. Clark. Play is especially important. According to Dr. Stuart Brown we need play just like we need to sleep and dream. He writes: Play energizes us and enlivens us. It eases our burdens. It renews our natural sense of optimism and opens us up to new possibilities. I love to play and […]
Play – It’s Necessary, Could It Be Healing? Details »
by Mary K. Clark. The joy and importance of shared connection and communication are discussed in a recent NPR story entitled Alzheimer’s Patients Turn To Stories Instead of Memories by Joanne Silberner. She writes: On one recent day, 15 elderly people were forming a circle. The room is typical — linoleum floors, cellophane flowers on
The Timeslips Program: Story, Dementia and a Bit of Imagination Details »
by Mary K. Clark. Can stories stimulate and possibly even change how we act in life? Neuroscience is showing that it can according to Annie Murphy Paul in her New York Times Opinion Piece, Your Brain on Fiction. Researchers have long known that the “classical” language regions, like Broca’s area and Wernicke’s area, are involved
The Brain, Story and the Written Word Details »
by Mary K. Clark Though stories may not be shared in spoken or written word, they often are shared between the lines – between moments – seemingly invisible, yet ever present. These are some of my musings after coming upon Holocaust survivors: Harrowing Ordeals still largely untold written by Petula Dvorak of the Washington Post.
by Mary K. Clark Can story be used to improve blood pressure? African-Americans with uncontrolled high blood pressure benefited from an intervention using DVDs of real patients’ stories of how they dealt with their chronic disease. Read the rest of the article at: http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=71702. This article is shared by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. To
Culturally Appropriate Storytelling to Improve Blood Pressure – A Randomized Trial Details »
