The neuroscience of musical improvisation

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 108-117

  Beaty, Roger E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Expertise; FMRI; Improvisation; Music; Premotor

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CREATIVITY; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSIC; MUSICAL IMPROVISATION; MUSICIAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; RECALL; REVIEW; RHYTHM; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; THINKING; BRAIN; MEMORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

BRAIN; CREATIVITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY; MUSIC; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 84921852975     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2015.01.004     Document Type: Review

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