OpinionMay 30, 2024
Brain Scans of Jazz Musicians Reveal How to Reach a Creative ‘Flow State’
Both expertise and the ability to release one’s focus can help people enter a state of effortless attention
Stories by David S. Rosen
David S. Rosen is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins University. He studies music cognition, the neuroscience of creativity and flow, and psychedelics and is a lifelong and active rock musician and improviser (playing bass guitar and piano). Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) @DocDurDur or on LinkedIn.