10-07-2014, 21:48
jazzboCR Wrote:Gents--practice is essential and varies by the artist...but genetics plays a part. Whatever part of DNA they find, both those violinists had boatloads of. And that coma-recovery person?--his never playing before mainly means he never unleashed the talent--it was in him/her all along. That "particular part of the brain" is where DNA unlocks the door--you've helped make my point. Look, fellas, I don't mean to go all determinist on you as far as 99.99...% of folks are concerned--this is just talking about that giant leap to the genius level. There, all psychological factors in whatever measure have to be there, but also there has to be another component. This article about this research just points to an identifiable component.
Only problem is no-one in his family ever played a musical instrument. This curious phenomenon had nothing to do with genetics whatsoever. It wasn't handed down through biological code.
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