By Paul McClure Analyzing the brain activity of jazz guitarists led to an understanding of the creative flow stateNational Science Foundation/Drexel UniversityBy analyzing the brain waves of improvising jazz musicians, researchers now understand how the brain achieves a creative flow state. The findings have practical implications for anyone – not just musicians – wanting to get...
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Can experienced meditators voluntarily turn off their consciousness?
by BIAL Foundation Graphical abstract. Credit: Neuropsychologia (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2023.108694 A study reveals that experienced meditators are able to voluntarily modulate their state of consciousness during meditation. In other words, they have the unusual ability, without the use of drugs, to induce a momentary void of consciousness during cessations through large-scale modulation of brain activity....