The brains of jazz and classical pianists work differently
I really dislike these kinds of headlines not because they are obvious (jazz and classical require different kinds of thinking), but because they make it easy to jump to the conclusion that the ability to play classical or jazz or xyz is dependent on the physical nature of the brain.  From there all sorts of erroneous arguments stem from the &quot;fact&quot; that &quot;oh I&#x27;m just not wired to play xyz&quot;instead of the reality that it takes consistent work in a style to understand that style better.  Basically the whole nature vs nurture argument, except that people tend to worry about nature rather than work on nurture.