Psychology
Mind, behaviour, and the questions behind them.
Explore psychologySANQIANG XU (JOHN) · RESEARCH & CREATIVE PORTFOLIO
Understanding people.
Telling their stories.
Psychology, cultural inquiry, film, and immersive theatre.
Different ways of asking what it means to be human.
FOUR WAYS OF LOOKING
A connected practice.
01 / PSYCHOLOGY
01From curiosity to inquiry.
Misophonia & Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
A literature-based investigation into the neural networks associated with misophonia and the potential application of transcranial magnetic stimulation.
Attention & Learning in Rural Classrooms
A field research project exploring attention difficulties in rural Chinese schools.
ADHD summer researchPersonality Stability & Change
An essay examining how personality traits develop and remain stable over time.
BPO research essay02 / CULTURE & IDEAS
01The ideas we live by.
The Gender Ideological Gap
An essay examining psychological explanations for the widening ideological gap between young men and women.
John Locke essay03 / FILM
Thinking in moving images.
Short films and screen performance, through UCLA, Babel 48, and IB Film.
04 / IMMERSIVE THEATRE
Beyond the fourth wall.
I founded an immersive theatre company and developed original audience-interactive performances, contributing to writing, directing and production. My work includes Eternal, Dreamer and The Next.
ABOUT
Sanqiang Xu (John)
I'm Sanqiang Xu, also known as John, an IB student at Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz in Switzerland. My work spans psychology, film and immersive theatre. I'm especially interested in clinical psychology and neuroscience, and in how research and storytelling can deepen our understanding of emotion, behaviour and belonging.