--- title: Blog | Yes And description: Yes And | --- [![PYWS-Logo](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/hubfs/PYWS-Logo.svg "PYWS-Logo")](https://www.playyourwaysane.com) [![PYWS-Logo-Mobile-1](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/hubfs/PYWS-Logo-Mobile-1.svg "PYWS-Logo-Mobile-1")](https://www.playyourwaysane.com) [Toggle Menu](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog/tag/yes-and#navmenu) - [Book](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/pysw-book) - [About](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/about) - [Blog](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog) - [Contact](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/contact) - [Subscribe](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/subscribe) ## yes-and Blogs [![](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/hs-fs/hubfs/vlad-tchompalov-ZEpxoNzKfcc-unsplash.jpg?height=800&name=vlad-tchompalov-ZEpxoNzKfcc-unsplash.jpg)](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog/your-brain-on-improv-how-improvisation-affects-the-mind) [December 10, 2020 |](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog/your-brain-on-improv-how-improvisation-affects-the-mind)Clay Drinko ##### [The Improv Brain: The Science of Improvisation](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog/your-brain-on-improv-how-improvisation-affects-the-mind) The Science: Improv and the Brain In 2008, surgeon, neuroscientist, and musician Charles Limb and neurologist Allen Braun conducted a study ... 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