Trained pianists have higher levels of brain wave synchronization when improvising pieces of music, a new study reveals.
As an undergraduate student at York University, Joel Lopata was studying film production and jazz performance when a discrepancy became apparent.
“I noticed students in the jazz program were really developing a language of creative engagement, whereas in the film program, we weren’t having the same education. It was a lot more theoretical than practical, and a lot less creative and innovative,” said Lopata, who received his PhD in Education from Western in 2015.
