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Movement in Mind: Dance, Self-Awareness and Sociality - An Investigation of Dance as Treatment/Therapy

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dc.contributor.advisorAndrews, Kristin A.
dc.contributor.advisorFisher-Stitt, Norma Sue
dc.contributor.advisorDeSouza, Joseph F.X.
dc.creatorBarnstaple, Rebecca Elizabeth
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-26T15:30:13Z
dc.date.available2017-07-26T15:30:13Z
dc.date.copyright2016-08-31
dc.date.issued2017-07-26
dc.date.updated2017-07-26T15:30:13Z
dc.degree.disciplineInterdisciplinary Studies
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractDance has always occupied a central place in human culture. Why humans dance, however, and the role of dance in health, are questions that have yet to be fully addressed. Research to this point has been challenged by limitations in study design, differences in qualitative/quantitative evaluations, and dualistic perceptions of body and mind. This study proposes a shift in explanatory framework and research methods for the examination of dance in therapeutic contexts. Incorporating methods and views from neurobiology, dance/movement therapy, embodied cognition, and somatic education, this interdisciplinary project presents an innovative study design and novel perspective on the role of dance as a treatment for conditions that may be understood as mental/physical or both. It concludes that the practice of dance is essential to human flourishing, and may best be understood as a behaviour that nurtures our human capacity to adapt and thrive.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/33342
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectCognitive psychology
dc.subject.keywordsDance
dc.subject.keywordsDance therapy
dc.subject.keywordsMovement
dc.subject.keywordsBody/mind
dc.subject.keywordsEEG
dc.subject.keywordsDepression
dc.subject.keywordsHealth
dc.subject.keywordsAlpha asymmetry
dc.subject.keywordsTheory of mind
dc.subject.keywordsCognition
dc.subject.keywordsParkinson's
dc.subject.keywordsMixed-methods
dc.subject.keywordsNeurophysiology
dc.titleMovement in Mind: Dance, Self-Awareness and Sociality - An Investigation of Dance as Treatment/Therapy
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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