Brain: How Does It Create Sequences?

You will be able to play a piece of music, you have to first learn to play the piano, then learn notes, scales and then proceed to chords. The same principle applies to speech and to reading, where instead of scales you have to learn the alphabet and the rules of grammar. But how do separate small elements come together to become a unique and meaningful sequence? It has been shown that a specific area of the brain, the basal ganglia, is implicated ...