Books Re: OT: Interesting research on brain activities of improvisers

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

A friend whom I sent this to asked if I have read


    Free Play by Nachmanovich
    http://www.freeplay.com/

which I have read about 3 times and I highly recommend.


At 5:51 AM +0100 3/4/08, Per Boysen wrote:
>On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:46 PM, Sowonja, Tomson
><tomson.sowonja@cba.com.au> wrote:
>
>>   I sent this link through to my Keyboardist in The Soldiers Of Fortune
>>   who is also doing his PhD in Psychology - something to do with pattern
>>   recognition/memory and music.
>>
>>   He found it very interesting and had a few comments which I've pasted
>>   below as some of you on the list may find them interesting as well:
>
>
>Hi Tim,
>
>Here's a link to a better article on that research project:
>http://www.scientificblogging.com/news_releases/study_prefrontal_cortex_in_jazz_musicians_winds_down_when_improvising
>
>And here's a long and really initiated article:
>http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0001679
>
>Per


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