They found that the region of the brain controlling…

They found that the region of the brain controlling the left hand was significantly larger in the musicians than in the nonmusicians - and, in particular, that the brain regions controlling the fingers had taken over a section of the brain region that was normally devoted to the palm.

— from The Mind in the Cockpit

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