Scientists inspired by the legendary improv of Miles Davis and John Coltrane are peering inside the brains of today's jazz musicians to learn where creativity comes from. Think dreaming.
This isn't just a curiosity for jazz fans but a bold experiment in the neuroscience of music, a field that's booming as researchers realize that music illuminates how the brain works. How we play and hear music provides a window into most everyday cognitive functions ? from attention to emotion to memory ? that in turn may help find treatments for brain disorders.
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This isn't just a curiosity for jazz fans but a bold experiment in the neuroscience of music, a field that's booming as researchers realize that music illuminates how the brain works. How we play and hear music provides a window into most everyday cognitive functions ? from attention to emotion to memory ? that in turn may help find treatments for brain disorders.
Read the rest here:
http://www6.comcast.net/news/articles/h ... n.on.Jazz/