| Title | Creativity and improvisation as therapeutic tools within music therapy. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2013 |
| Authors | Tomaino CM |
| Journal | Ann N Y Acad Sci |
| Volume | 1303 |
| Pagination | 84-6 |
| Date Published | 2013 Nov |
| ISSN | 1749-6632 |
| Keywords | Brain, Brain Mapping, Creativity, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Music, Music Therapy |
| Abstract | The neuroscience of creativity and music improvisation is a fascinating topic and one with strong implications for clinical music therapy. Music therapists are trained to use musical improvisation as a means to bring their clients into deeper therapeutic relationship as well as free up any inhibitions or limitations that may block recovery. Could recent fMRI studies of jazz musicians showing areas of brain activation during music improvisation provide a new framework to understand underlying mechanisms at work with neurologically impaired individuals? |
| DOI | 10.1111/nyas.12224 |
| Alternate Journal | Ann N Y Acad Sci |
| PubMed ID | 23944968 |
The Sound Health Network is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with the University of California, San Francisco, in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Renée Fleming.