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>From: clarke@acme.ucf.edu (Thomas Clarke)
Subject: Dual Mind Experience (was Re: Simulated Brain)
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In article <1992Nov1.213451.23994@news.weeg.uiowa.edu>  
tlund@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (Thomas Lund) writes:
> 	Another phenomenon.  When a split brained person is instructed to
> do a spatial-oriented task such as tangrams or other shape/pattern matching
> games, they can do it much more effectively using ONLY left hand (right  
brain)
> The right hand (left brain) is very ineffective, and OFTEN, if the person is
> trying to solve the problem with just the right hand, the left hand will 
> try to take over.  THE TWO HANDS ACTUALLY INTERFERE WITH EACH OTHER'S WORK.

I have observed a similar phenomenum while working a jigsaw puzzle.
My left hand (I am right handed) would, almost as if of its own volition,
put the piece it was holding into the proper position, without intervention
from my " right-side verbal" consciousness.  A slightly weird sensation.
Maybe that's why I tend to find jig-saw puzzles relaxing.
--
Thomas Clarke
Institute for Simulation and Training, University of Central FL
12424 Research Parkway, Suite 300, Orlando, FL 32826
(407)658-5030, FAX: (407)658-5059, clarke@acme.ucf.edu


