In February 2008, NIDCD researchers reported that they'd used functional MRI to study the brains of musicians playing improvised jazz. The images revealed that a large brain region involved in monitoring one's performance shuts down during creative improvisation, while a small region involved in organizing self-initiated thoughts and behaviors is highly activated.
Credit: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health
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2009-03-09 10:46
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