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The brains of jazz musicians who are engaged with other musicians in spontaneous improvisation show robust activation in the same brain areas traditionally associated with spoken language and syntax. In other words, improvisational jazz conversations "take root in the brain as a language"

Article reports on the research of Dr. Charles Limb, of Johns Hopkins. Through fMRI, Limb found the brains of jazz musicians engaged with other musicians in spontaneous improvisation show robust activation in the same brain areas traditionally associated with spoken language and syntax. In other words, improvisational jazz conversations "take root in the brain as a language," Limb said. However, the areas of the brain associated with meaning are not activated.