Re: You Are In A Groundhog Day Scenario

On Tue, 13 May 2008 09:09:04 GMT, Paul Colquhoun
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> wrote:

>| Lots and lots of reading.  SF, of course, but also non-fiction math and
>| physics.  Practice various things I don't have time for.  Presumably
>| the "purely physical" changes of exercising won't stick, so I wouldn't
>| bother with that.
>
>
>I think that exercise might be a good idea. Get used to a regular gym
>session where all the pain is gone the next morning. Try to make it a
>regular habit so I would continue on with it after the loop stopped.
>
>Besides, some physical changes seem to carry over. I've heard opinions
>that playing the piano with any skill can't be done with untrained
>hands. The piano practice is as much "gym work" for the hands as it is
>learning the notes and timing, etc.

I've read that the white matter in the brain changes as we learn
skills - which is why it is so much easier to learn piano (and perfect
pitch), while the brain is still changing.