The perception of musical spontaneity in improvised and imitated jazz performances

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue MAY, 2011, Pages

  Engel, Annerose ^a   Keller, Peter E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action simulation; Amygdala; Human fMRI; Improvisation; Music; Spontaneity; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052998238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00083     Document Type: Article

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