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On the Brain
An interview with Jonah Lehrer, author of Proust Was a Neuroscientist, reveals some interesting factoids (disclaimer: I have not fact-checked them). Did you know, for example, that when jazz musicians are improvising, scans show, they "turn off" the part of the brain that restrains us ~ the superego part, if you will (my words)?: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-morrison-lehrer-20120401,0,1199318,full.column
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