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Neurostethic Acting
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In the Dramatic Arts, Neurostethic Acting is a technique used by actors to control and rely on their subconscious thought process using a series of exercises and disciplines creating a variant pattern of thought. Origin It was taught as part of the Centre Stage Academy from September 2012 in the United Kingdom including parts of Scotland and the Republic of Ireland and was officially originated as a technique by British actor and director Alexander Matthews who studied at numerous schools internationally including the Royal Academy, London and schools in Germany, Vienna, and New York. Technique Unlike most acting techniques, Neurostethic is not an emotion based theory; it draws effects from science and neurological behaviour and patterns. Most actors who use the Neurostethic approach still draw from other methods - specifically sense memory and affective memory which form part of method acting. Training often includes activities that stimulate subconscious and instinctive behaviour; prevent reliance on the senses of sight and sound; work on the speed of delivery (including the 'quick draw'); and re-acting. Most commonly actors using the technique allow their focus to drift from behaviour and delivery (which when thought about can seem deliberately forced and over acted) to the mundane. Actors who remember lines to be delivered retain this information in the hippocampus - as part of the technique, the actors, through practice, change their thought and delivery pattern to use the orbitofrontal cortex generating a natural instinctive response. Similar techniques are used for motor function, balance and behaviour. Additionally chemical and sensory responses are used to cause responses in the hypothalamus and pituitary gland. 
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