Tag: Pascual-Leone
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In the late 1990s, while exploring how musical training shapes the brain, Harvard neuroscientist Alvaro Pascual-Leone found himself asking an unexpected question: Is it possible that just imagining a movement works as well as practicing it for real? ——————————————– The experiment included two groups of people who had never played the piano before. Both groups…
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Mastering a skill is often seen as something mysterious, almost magical, as if it depends on some hidden gift you’re born with that we can’t quite explain. There’s no denying the role of genetics and the environment we grow up in, but the truth is a little different. The truth isn’t a magical transformation. It’s…