Thinking about Improvisation

Feb 29, 2008

Sometimes it’s better to not think too much, and just go for it.

clipped from www.eurekalert.org
Scientists funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) have found that, when jazz musicians are engaged in the highly creative and spontaneous activity known as improvisation, a large region of the brain involved in monitoring one’s performance is shut down, while a small region involved in organizing self-initiated thoughts and behaviors is highly activated.

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