Hello everyone,
I am a Narrative Consultant based in the UK (but over in Boston MA at the end of the month for awhile!) There has been a lot of work on the impact of narrative in relation to 'neural coupling,' and in 're-wiring' the brain. Research at Emory shows that the brain of a listener/reader reacts as though they are the protagonist within the story, i.e., when the protagonist is running the parts of their brain responsible for leg moment are firing off as though the listener was physically doing it.
We know that mindfulness and exercise can start to lengthen the damaged telomeres at the ends of chromosomes and for me, the research from Emory shows that narrative can too. Are any of you involved in this field? I use Narrative within communities, organisations and with individuals and feel it is the most incredible yet underused tool. I would welcome your comments.
Katrice Horsley