What is the mechanism behind Neurographica®

Required-3:

About Neurographica Method by Anna Morrallee ‘MORA' (6 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btwzOq-ctGA&t=238s

Neurographic line by Pavel Piskarev (10 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48nreFaxKbU

5 ways to draw Neurographic line by Anna Morrallee ‘MORA' (6 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vXF5SIST1w&t=70s

Optional-2:

About Neurographica Method by Pavel Piskarev (35 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ0I8j4TkuA&t=1370s

About the line and the method by Pavel Piskarev (1 h 26m )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-jEX5HQDbs&t=4287s

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Neurographica Essentials mini-course

(by MORA at Neurographica by Moonbow)

https://www.neurographica.net/courses/essentials

The Magic is in the “Doing”, not in the final product.

What Can Neurographica® Do ?

• Change ingrained thinking patterns, and therefore affect behavioral pattern/s.
• Reduce stress level/s.
• Purge any personal negative emotions, and negative energy held in your body.
• Create new neurons and neural pathways in the brain through the process of Neuroplasticity.
• Train your concentration, and enter into a meditative state while engaged.
• Enhance brain functions through art.
• Manifest your own reality on paper.
• Anchor hopes, thoughts, and wishes, during the drawing process.
• Manifest your intentions into reality through the process of Resonance.
• Create beautiful works of abstract art, without any formal training.
• Boost your personal self esteem and confidence.
• Connect to your subconscious level through drawing.

How does it work?

• Research has revealed that our brain stores memories/information as patterns of neuron activation. (1) (2) (4)
• When you draw familiar metaphors/symbols on paper and then associate them with newly formed meaning/s, the brain mirrors the activity by activating the neurons involved in recognizing the metaphors/symbols. (3) (4) (5) (6) And hence, create and anchor the new meaning manifested into a new pattern of neuronal activation.
• It is widely accepted that learning fine motor activity rewires the brain.
• And it is also a well known fact that when you do more of something, it becomes a habit and becomes easier. This can be explained as the process of automaticity kicking in, requiring your brain to use fewer resources in doing the same task. (7) (8) (9)
• You put all the above information together and you have the recipe to “make positive changes through strategic drawing.”

NOTE : As with any technique, you have to put in the time to see the results.

You reap what you sow. There are no shortcuts to achieving the results that you want.

A quote from the English translated version of a Russian research paper on Neurographica®

"The main conclusion of the literature review and the practical results of its use is that neurographics has the ability to activate the maximum number of points of influence on stress reduction and helps to change the subjective perception of the situation, form new ideas that enable a person to take qualitatively new actions. "
Ananyeva E.P. - Neurographics as an art-therapeutic method for accompanying cancer patients in a stressful situation of chemotherapy // Psychology and Psychotechnics. - 2018. - No. 3. - P. 101 - 112. DOI: 10.7256 / 2454-0722.2018.3.26744

References

(1) Hurtienne, J. 2006, Image schemas and their metaphorical extensions – New Patterns for intuitive interaction?

(2) Lawley, J. & Tompkins, P. 2009. Embodied Schema: The basis of embodied cognition, The Clean Collection : The developing group.

(3) Glenberg, A. M. & Robertson, D. A. (2000). Symbol grounding and meaning: A comparison of hi-dimensional and embodied theories of meaning. Journal of Memory and Language, 43, 379 -401. doi: 10.1006/jmla20002714

(4) Mahon, B.Z. & Caramazza, A. (2008). A critical look at the embodied cognition hypothesis and a new proposal for grounding conceptual content. Journal of Physiology - Paris, 102 , 59–70.

(5) Aziz-Zadeh, L., Koski L., Zaidel, E., Mazziotta, J. & Iacoboni, M. (2006). Lateralization of the human mirror neuron system. The Journal of Neuroscience, 26(11), 2964 –2970

(6) Ehrsson, H.H., Geyer, S., & Naito, E. (2003). Imagery of voluntary movement of fingers, toes, and tongue activates corresponding body-part–specific motor representations. J Neurophysiol, 90, 3304–3316. DOI: 10.1152/jn.01113.2002.

(7) Logan, G. D., Taylor, S. E., and Etherton, J. L., (1996). Attention in the Acquisition and Expression of Automaticity., Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 22(3), p 620-638

(8) Logan, G. D. (1988). Toward an instance theory of automatization., Psychological Review, 95, p 492-527.

(9) Logan, G. D. (1990). Repetition priming and automaticity: Common underlying mechanisms?, Cognitive Psychology, 22,p 1-35.