Title of paper under discussion Cortical Regions Involved in the Generation of Musical Structures during Improvisation in Pianists Authors Sara L. Bengtsson, Mihály CsÍkszentmihályi and Fredrik Ullén Journal Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, vol 19, no 5, pp. 830–842 Link to paper (free access) Overview Scan the brain of someone in the act of selecting freely, …
Title of paper under discussion Connecting to Create: Expertise in Musical Improvisation Is Associated with Increased Functional Connectivity between Premotor and Prefrontal Areas Authors Ana Luísa Pinho, Örjan de Manzano, Peter Fransson, Helene Eriksson and Fredrik Ullén Journal Journal of Neuroscience, 30 April 2014, 34 (18) 6156-6163 Link to original paper (open access) Overview This Swedish project set out to discover the effects of …
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