4: A Reptile Dysfunction [Performance Anxiety]

Theater is where Libby and Ruka met. It is also where the lizard brain causes stage fright. Learn about recent research into a strategy using an electromagnetic current as a possible tool to reduce performance anxiety.

Key Words

dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), limbic system, lizard brain, monitoring processes, neomammalian brain, operating processes, paleomammalian brain, performance anxiety, stage fright, transcranial magnetic stimulation

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References and Resources

• Primary Literature: “Activity in the dorsal ACC causes deterioration of sequential motor performance due to anxiety”

  • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-12205-6

• Article: “Zapping The Brain With Electricity Could Eliminate Stage Fright”

  • https://www.iflscience.com/brain/zapping-brain-electricity-eliminate-stage-fright/

• Textbooks

  • Principles of Neural Science, Kandel, Schwartz, and Jessell, 4th Edition

  • Fundamental Neuroscience for Basic and Clinical Applications, Haines, 3rd Edition

• Other Resources

  • Lizard Brain: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/managing-your-memory/201712/don-t-listen-your-lizard-brain

  • fMRI: https://science.howstuffworks.com/fmri.htm

Music

Bushwick Tarantella by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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