| Explanation | Possible neural substrates involved | Task examples |
| Extensive practice strengthening alternative neural pathways | Prolonged training wiring new circuits through frontal/temporal regions | Piano improvisation, typing speed |
| Some motor skills primarily tap into digit movements mediated by proximal connections in motor/somatosensory cortices | Stronger proximal motor connections, bypassing full visuomotor integration | Typing, texting, playing a musical instrument |
| Musical/rhythmic motor skills leveraging stronger right hemispheric connections between frontal-temporal-parietal networks for sequencing | Stronger right hemispheric connections between frontal-temporal-parietal networks | Playing a musical instrument, dance, rhythm games |
| Cognitive processes involved in musical creativity drawing heavier on frontal-temporal networks bypassing parietal systems | Stronger frontal-temporal networks involved in working memory, sequencing, timing | Musical improvisation, composing, arranging |
| Computer-based tasks situation numbers/letters in grid-like, regular spaces leveraging stronger motor learning independent of visual scanning demands | Stronger motor learning and memory, reduced demands on visual scanning and visuospatial integration | Typing, texting, video games with grid-like interfaces |