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How the brain of an improv performer works
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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Jan 24, 2024
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Podcast episode
Description
Does the brain of a improv comedian or freestyle rapper function in a particular way? Is it processing language faster than a regular, lower-improvising brain? Or is something else also going on, something to do with how we judge ourselves? We asked our pal Ari Daniel to look into this. He found a group of researchers and a group of professional improvisers working together on some of these questions.
Photo of Dutch-based comedy improv group Easy Laughs by Robin Straaijer. Music in this episode by Fleslit, Magnus Ringblom and Trabant 33.
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Photo of Dutch-based comedy improv group Easy Laughs by Robin Straaijer. Music in this episode by Fleslit, Magnus Ringblom and Trabant 33.
Read a transcript here. Sign up for Subtitle’s newsy, nerdy, fortnightly(ish) newsletter here.
Released:
Jan 24, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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