{"id":279,"date":"2026-08-24T20:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T00:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/the-nerve\/?page_id=279"},"modified":"2026-08-30T18:40:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T22:40:30","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/the-nerve\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nerve: Journal of the Mind & Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Ava Nagy \u00b7 April 2026<\/p>\n

When I was a kid, I had a violin instructor who could see sheet music come to life. To my astonishment, I had known her for three years before this information came up in conversation. I had been sitting in the eclectic, circular \u201cmusic room,\u201d in the back of her home, complaining about how difficult it was for me to sightread a piece of music for the first time. I remember I had asked her how she did it so easily, expecting to be met with one of her usual sayings – \u201cpractice makes perfect,\u201d or one of its many variations – but this time she only smiled.<\/p>\n


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