I think we can probably apply this same logic to any person who practices the same thing for a long time. Any prolonged activity rewires your brain one way or another. Athletes, musicians, even the old man who sits day in day out at the desk at the entrance of our apartment must have modified their senses one way or another through repeated action.

It's interesting to see it quantified for musicians and pain, but there are probably 100s of combinations that will yield positive results.

I think.