There are conflicting findings regarding brain regions and networks underpinning creativity,
with divergent thinking tasks commonly used to study this. A handful of meta‐analyses have …

Whether creativity is a domain‐general or domain‐specific ability has been a topic of intense
speculation. Although previous studies have examined domain‐specific mechanisms of …

While the behavior of “being musically creative”—improvising, composing, songwriting, etc.—
is undoubtedly a complex and highly variable one, recent neuroscientific investigation has …

This study expores neural activity underlying creative processes through the investigation of
music improvisation. Fourteen guitar players with a high level of improvisation skill …

We investigated “musical effort” with an internationally renowned, classical, pianist while
playing, listening, and imagining music. We used pupillometry as an objective measure of …

Prior expectations can bias evaluative judgments of sensory information. We show that
information about a performer's status can bias the evaluation of musical stimuli, reflected by …

Improvisation is sometimes described as instant composition and offers a glimpse into real-
time musical creativity. Over the last decade, researchers have built up our understanding of …

Do professional musicians learn a fine sequential hand motor skill more efficiently than non-
musicians? Is this also the case when they perform motor imagery, which implies that they …

Objective. Music, being a multifaceted stimulus evolving at multiple timescales, modulates
brain function in a manifold way that encompasses not only the distinct stages of auditory …

Introduction Percussionists stand out for their expertise in rhythm, with the network for
musical rhythm (NMR) serving a vital neurological function in their improvisation, which is …