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Getting improv notes can affect your nervous system, and your brain. We look at why your brain rewrites feedback and how you can separate the actual content from the emotional delivery (aka, the framing). When a coach gives you feedback after a scene, your brain often processes their tone and body language before the actual words.

This means you might react to a perceived threat before you even hear the advice. We explore a metacognitive approach to receiving improv notes that helps you manage this early physiological response. You will learn an exercise to isolate objective facts, and we cover why writing down your feedback immediately can prevent rumination.

Go here for links to ALL episodes in this series on metacognition: https://improvupdate.com/receiving-improv-notes-and-understanding-how-your-brain-rewrites-the-feedback/

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NEW! Student and Teacher Guides on Notes: https://improvupdate.com/notesContact BOC: https://www.instagram.com/b3ocBOC will travel to teach you! https://highwireimprov.com/boc-tour/Watch Billy Mai in this: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089491Free PDF note tracker: https://improvupdate.com/newsletterLink to podcast version: https://improvupdate.com/improvbrainEileen Gu clip mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bthfcm5R7EgEvidence based approach episode: https://improvupdate.com/why-just-be-confident-doesnt-work-and-what-to-do-instead/

CHAPTERS:

0:06 How your brain rewrites your improv feedback

1:23 The Eileen Gu metacognition example

2:56 Separating objective content from subjective emotional framing

4:16 The first wave nervous system response to tone and body language

6:09 Brian James O'Connell and sorting your feedback into categories