RE: OT: Interesting research on brain activities of improvisers

[mike@michaelplishka.com]

Cool!

Thanks Per!  I wonder if task that require pinpoint precision movement "on
the fly", such as fencing, or luging, etc. where one gets into a zone, 
light up the same areas as improvising in music...interesting indeed...

Plish


>
> Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 12:44:27 +0100
> From: perboysen@gmail.com
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: OT: Interesting research on brain activities of improvisers
>
> I found this rather interesting:
>
>
> 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.
> Link to read more:
> 
>http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/02/29/the-real-ai-jazz-factor-think-different/
> I've always also filed meditation into the same type of brain activities.
> Particularly disciplines where you practice to stay relaxed and focused 
>at
> the same time - without falling asleep, lose concentration or wander
> astray along associational thoughts. But this article doesn't mention
> meditation.
>
> --
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