Prefrontal activation related to spontaneous creativity with rock music improvisation: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study
Tachibana A, Noah J, Ono Y, Taguchi D, Ueda S. Prefrontal activation related to spontaneous creativity with rock music improvisation: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study. Scientific Reports 2019, 9: 16044. PMID: 31690744, PMCID: PMC6831592, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-52348-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDorsolateral prefrontal cortexLeft dorsolateral prefrontal cortexPrefrontal cortexNeural activitySubjective feelingsExecutive control networkMedial frontal lobePrefrontal activationExpert musiciansNeural responsesRange of skillsSpontaneous creativityBrain activityDefault modeMusic improvisationDetermine similarityFormulaic sequencesNeural modulationControl networkFrontal lobeSimilar modulationImprovisational performanceImprovisationFeelingsSkills