# brain: creativity, neural patterns involved in Jazz improvisation

<< "I had always intuitively understood that the creative process in jazz improvisation is very different than the process of memorization," he (Charles Limb) explained. "That is immediately apparent when you play" >>

<< While the musicians improvised, the parts of the brain that allow humans to express ourselves - the medial prefrontal cortex or "default network" - became more active. At the same time, the part of the brain responsible for self-inhibition and control, the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, became dormant. >>

<< By inhibiting the part of the brain that allows self-criticism, the musicians were able to stay in their creative flow, known as "in the zone." >>

Sandee LaMotte, CNN. Jazz improv and your brain: The key to creativity?  Apr 29, 2018.

https://edition-m.cnn.com/2018/04/29/health/brain-on-jazz-improvisation-improv/index.html

Charles J. Limb, Allen R. Braun. Neural Substrates of Spontaneous Musical Performance: An fMRI Study of Jazz Improvisation.  PLOS ONE 3(2): e1679.  doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001679. Feb 27, 2008.

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0001679  

Also

# brain: about creativity in musical improvisation.  Apr 6, 2018.

https://flashontrack.blogspot.it/2018/04/brain-about-creativity-in-musical.html

2117 - la destra e la sinistra di Hines.
Feb 02, 2007.

https://inkpi.blogspot.it/2007/02/2117-la-destra-e-la-sinistra-di-hines.html