Scientists shed light on creativity by studying pianists' brain activity --- Scientists claim to have shed light on the neural basis of creativity by scanning the brains of accomplished pianists while they improvised on a keyboard. -- Images of the pianists' brains highlighted areas that seemed to underpin their musical creativity, alongside regions that were strongly connected in pianists with the most improvisation experience. -- The scans point to a network of brain regions that are involved in creative playing, including the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, which has previously been linked to the suppression of stereotypical responses and the selection of improvised actions. - Ian Sample - Guardian