Your brain on improv

Title:
Your brain on improv
Speaker:
Charles Limb
Description:

Musician and researcher Charles Limb wondered how the brain works during musical improvisation -- so he put jazz musicians and rappers in an fMRI to find out. What he and his team found has deep implications for our understanding of creativity of all kinds.

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Video Language:
English
Team:
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Project:
TEDTalks
Duration:
16:10
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