Re: OT: Interesting research on brain activities of improvisers

["Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)" <emile@foryourhead.com>]

Thanks for the great link.

At 12:44 PM +0100 3/1/08, Per Boysen wrote:
>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/>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.
>
>--
>Greetings from Sweden
>
>Per Boysen
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