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teenagewangst · 4284 days ago · link · · parent · post: Johns Hopkins scientist tracks the areas of the brain that light up when jazz artists are improvising.
I don't think the article was particularly well written, but as someone who improvises for a hobby, this type of research is pretty fascinating.
I'm with you on this article. It did a pretty poor job of summarizing the results. I am not sure what the author of the study actually learned. I play a bit of music too though, and I have to say that when I'm just fooling around it feels very different mentally compared to when I am playing a piece I know. I'm sure other musicians feel the same. It does feel like a different thought process that's going into it.