TIL that jazz musicians shut off their dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, responsible for self-monitoring performance, and activate their medial prefrontal cortex, which helps with storytelling. This resembles our brain patterns while dreaming.

https://www.science20.com/news_releases/study_prefrontal_cortex_in_jazz_musicians_winds_down_when_improvising

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/166bpm2/til_that_jazz_musicians_shut_off_their/

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