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Improvisation Creativity

Improvisation Creativity is a theoretical construct within the study of musical improvisation that characterizes the cognitive and affective processes through which novel, expressive, and contextually appropriate musical ideas are generated in real time without prior planning.

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9.1K

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291

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166

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2017–2026

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Publications

141

Neural Substrates of Spontaneous Musical Performance: An fMRI Study of Jazz Improvisation

Charles J. Limb, Allen R. Braun · PLoS ONE · 2008 · 773 citations · Full text

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Coda—Creativity and Improvisation in Jazz and Organizations: Implications for Organizational Learning

Frank J. Barrett · Organization Science · 1998 · 559 citations

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Distributed creativity: How collective creations emerge from collaboration.

R. Keith Sawyer, Stacy Lee DeZutter · Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts · 2009 · 509 citations

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Working Memory Benefits Creative Insight, Musical Improvisation, and Original Ideation Through Maintained Task-Focused Attention

Carsten K. W. De Dreu, Bernard A. Nijstad, Matthijs Baas et al. · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · 2012 · 372 citations · Full text

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Group creativity: musical performance and collaboration

R. Keith Sawyer · Psychology of Music · 2006 · 367 citations

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Authors

291

  1. CJ
    Charles J. Limb

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    6 publications · 957 citations

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  2. RK
    R. Keith Sawyer

    Washington University in St. Louis, United States

    5 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. MN
    Martin Norgaard

    Georgia State University, United States

    4 publications · 257 citations

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  4. DS
    David S. Rosen

    University of Michigan, United States

    3 publications · 150 citations

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  5. AN
    Anna‐Maija Nisula

    Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology, Finland

    3 publications · 130 citations

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Institutions

166

  1. Georgia State University

    Atlanta, United States

    5 h-index

    18 publications

    611 citations

  2. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    293 citations

  3. Drexel University

    Philadelphia, United States

    3 h-index

    15 publications

    741 citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    132 citations

  5. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    204 citations

  6. Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology

    Lappeenranta, Finland

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    225 citations

  7. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. Naval Postgraduate School

    Monterey, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    642 citations

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Venues

  1. Frontiers in Psychology

    7 publications · 239 citations

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  2. Scientific Reports

    6 publications · 593 citations

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  3. Creativity Research Journal

    5 publications · 322 citations

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  4. Psychology of Music

    5 publications · 548 citations

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  5. Journal of Research in Music Education

    5 publications · 529 citations

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