Ever wonder how that guitarist nailed that solo or how your favorite rapper can roll out so many lyrics while making it look easy? Beside lots of practice, your brain has a few tricks.
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Sources:
https://psmag.com/environment/the-musician-s-brain-4698
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0001679
https://www.bookofjoe.com/2018/11/this-is-your-brain-on-jazz-an-fmri-study-of-jazz-improvisation.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3562704/
https://www.nature.com/news/brain-scans-of-rappers-shed-light-on-creativity-1.11835
https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2018/07/411366/musical-improvisation-brain
http://nautil.us/issue/61/coordinates/what-time-feels-like-when-youre-improvising
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-flow-2794768
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lOFC location: https://www.sicotests.com/img/Orbitofrontal.gif (warning for actual brain pics!)
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