The Neuroscience of Improvisation

By Bradley Vines

Listen to a podcast, please open Podcast Republic app. Available on Google Play Store and Apple App Store.

Image by Bradley Vines

Category: Social Sciences

Open in Apple Podcasts


Open RSS feed


Open Website


Rate for this podcast

Subscribers: 1
Reviews: 0
Episodes: 12

Description

This program explores the neurobiology of improvisation and related topics, such as music, meditation, dreaming, psychedelics, consciousness, and behavior change, with science-based insights into deepening your practice of improvisation. The host, Bradley Vines, is a neuroscientist specializing in music and a saxophonist.

Episode Date
Improvisation and Dreaming: Comparing These Intriguing States of Mind and Brain
Feb 27, 2024
What do improvisation, dreaming, and psychedelics have in common from a neuroscience perspective?
Feb 22, 2024
How do neuroscience findings compare with the intuitions of great improvisers?
Dec 31, 2023
Playbook for Acquiring the Language of Improvisation, with drummer and educator Sammy Miller
Dec 12, 2023
Improvisation and The Attainment of Excellence, with Carnatic Percussionist Dr. Suresh Vaidyanathan
Sep 06, 2023
The Neuroscience of Effortless Mastery, with pianist, composer, and author Kenny Werner
Aug 02, 2023
A Life of Improvisation, with Drummer Tommy Campbell
Jul 21, 2023
The Poetry of Improvisation, with author Mira T. Sundara Rajan
Jul 13, 2023
Improvisation in Western Classical Music, with pianist Mira Sundara Rajan
Jul 01, 2023
Learning How to Improvise: An Interview with Christian Howes - Violinist, Improviser, and Educator
Jun 15, 2023
The Nirvana of Improvisation: An Interview with Paul Nedzela - Baritone Saxophonist and Composer
Jun 12, 2023
Improvisation and Meditation: An interview with the saxophonist and composer Prasant Radhakrishnan
May 29, 2023