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Surviving and Thriving: The Benefits of Play and Improvisation

Join improvisation facilitators Jay and Kat to talk about the health and social impacts of comedy and improvisation.

Articles mentioned in the lecture:

  • A SEARCH FOR COMMUNITY: NEVA BOYD, VIOLA SPOLIN, PAUL SILLS AND THE ORIGINS OF IMPROVISATIONAL THEATER IN AMERICA: KEYNOTE SPEECH AT AIN 2019
  • Using Humor to Help Heal Grief
  • The Mental Health Benefits Of Improv: How Making Things Up Together Helps Us Deal With Reality
  • New Research Highlights the Brain-Boosting Benefits of Improv
  • Mental Health Benefits of Improvisation Training: Games and Exercises
  • Improv For Alzheimer’s: ‘A Sense Of Accomplishment’
  • Treating Pain and Anxiety with Mindfulness and Improv
  • IMPROV FOR PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE
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