Abstract
This article describes a 35-year program devoted to determining the cognitive learning strategies of professional actors and then using those strategies to lower the risk factors for dementia in older adults. Details of a series of successful evidence-based theatrical interventions are provided along with the identification of areas in which our work directly overlaps drama therapy research. The methods involved in this endeavour include protocol analysis, behavioural testing and pre- and post-intervention data comparison. Most recently, these results have been verified by neuroscientists using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). It is hoped that drama therapists will find elements of this program that will be applicable to their work with older adults.
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