A student forwarded me this "activity" from a friend of his. I've seen it before, but I don't recall ever having heard an explanation for the phenomenon. After a little experimentation (which made my dog stare at me quizzically), I verified that it's not true that "there's nothing you can do about it," though I'll admit that it's slightly more challenging than rubbing your belly while patting your head. The trick seems to be making one of the two movements automatic, but I'm not sure why that's necessary in the first place. Any thoughts?
Jeff ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Professor Bartel, Hi, this is Brian from your M/W/F 12:00 Psych. class. I found a cool left brain/right brain conflict activity. Here it is: Left Brain, Right Brain While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles. Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction and there's nothing you can do about it. I thought it would be cool to try this and see that there's nothing you can do about it. Since we've been talking about the brain in previous classes, I thought it would be fun to try this activity. See you in class Monday. ------- End of forwarded message ------- -- Jeffrey Bartel Assistant Professor Department of Psychology Shippensburg University jsbart @ wharf.ship.edu / 717.477.1324 Jeff -- Jeffrey Bartel Assistant Professor Department of Psychology Shippensburg University jsbart @ wharf.ship.edu / 717.477.1324 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
