Musical therapy can help to improve fine motor skills in patients with Parkinson's disease.
Singing and imagined musical improvisation were associated with weaker connectivity to the executive function network in the brain and to the feeling of flow, which allows for unhindered musical creativity.
Musical improvisation improves cognitive flexibility and increases inhibitory control.
Researchers say those who can improvise are better musicians than those who have limited improvisational experience. Additionally, the brains of those trained to improvise show different patters of electrical activity than non-improvising players.
Trained pianists have higher levels of brain wave synchronization when improvising pieces of music, a new study reveals.
