Connecting to create: Expertise in musical improvisation is associated with increased functional connectivity between premotor and prefrontal areas

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 6156-6163

  Pinho, Ana Luísa ^a,b   de Manzano, Örjan ^a   Fransson, Peter ^a   Eriksson, Helene ^a   Ullén, Fredrik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Creativity; Expertise; FMRI; Improvisation; Music; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; ENTROPY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSIC; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CREATIVITY; EXPERTISE; FMRI; IMPROVISATION; MUSIC; PLASTICITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CREATIVITY; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899658075     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4769-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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