Writing code uses the multiple demand network of the brain while writing prose uses mainly the language centres of the brain. Writing code is very much not the

Writing code uses the multiple demand network of the brain while writing prose uses mainly the language centres of the brain. Writing code is very much not the same as writing prose. Source: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/%7Eckaestne/pdf/icse14_fmri.pdf https://www.cs.cmu.edu/%7Eckaestne/pdf/icse14_fmri.pdf (paper is mostly about reading code, but there are a collection of papers that together with this, puts together a strong argument that it's the same for writitng)