Prefrontal activation related to spontaneous creativity with rock music improvisation: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study.

ABSTRACT: Understanding how the brain modulates improvisation has been the focus of numerous studies in recent years. Models have suggested regulation of activity between default mode and executive control networks play a role in improvisational execution. Several studies comparing formulaic to improvised sequences support this framework and document increases in activity in medial frontal lobe with decreased activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). These patterns can be influenced through training and neural responses may differ between in beginner and expert musicians. Our goal was to test the generalizability of this framework and determine similarity in neural activity in the prefrontal cortex during improvisation. Twenty guitarists performed improvised and formulaic sequences in

SUBMITTER: Tachibana A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6831592 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature