Subjects: Psychology >> Cognitive Psychology submitted time 2021-12-24
Abstract: " Improvisation is a complex cognitive process that employs numerous of brain networks to devise, generate and monitor esthetically appealing and novel musical output. Influenced by the skill of the improvising musician, the performance requirements and other factors, improvising musician may have two cognitive modes, namely, cognitive control mode or automatic processing mode. Focusing on the two different improvisation modes and the main employed brain regions, research on the neural mechanism of improvisation were reviewed. Furthermore, a dual-mode of improvisation was proposed. Future research may focus on aspects of the research methods of improvisation, the conversion of the two modes of improvisation, improvisation and machine learning, and the significance of improvisation in education, among others.
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