Senior Project Advisor
Chris Brewer
Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Spring 2023
Keywords
art, education, creativity, neuroscience
Abstract
The cadenza represents musical freedom, creativity, improvisation. A structure is provided but does not place rigid boundaries on the artist. In literature studying creativity it is defined as the generation of novel, useful ideas. Musical improvisation is a form of creativity in a musical context. It requires the real-time generation and evaluation of melody and rhythm. It is one of our most complex cognitive tasks. Studying this task neuroscientifically is no less complicated. How is it we measure the result of musical improvisation, musical creation, the making of something new? What happens in our brain during? After? How does musical creativity change the brain?
Department
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Recommended Citation
Kihanya, Michael, "The Neuroscience of Creativity (Structure and Emotion)" (2023). WWU Honors College Senior Projects. 700.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/wwu_honors/700
Type
Text
Rights
Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.
Language
English
Format
application/pdf