Everything Jazz

I read one interesting article that says that jazz musicians unconsciously switch off regions of their brain that is involved in self-censorship while firing up the area linked to self-expression. This was according to the studies done by Johns Hopkins University and the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders wherein they used fMRI to scan the brains of jazz musicians as they play a specially-designed piano keyboard. Scientists have found out that the region of the brain called dorsolateral prefrontal cortex slows down its activity during improvisation. This part of the brain is linked to planned actions or self-censoring and shutting down this part, according to Limb, could lead to lowered inhibitions.