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BRAIN GAMES

TAKING SIDES

Most people are either left- or right-handed,
but did you know that you can also have a
dominant foot and a preferred eye? In both
physical and mental tasks, the left and right
sides of your brain are far from equal, and it
is very rare for someone to be able to use both
hands or feet equally well. Try the following
tests to find which side you are onon.
te st s to find which side yo u ar e

Best foot forward
The easiest way of finding which
c
of your feet is dominant is to kick
a soccer ball, but you usually taake
the first step of a flight of stairs s
with your stronger foot, too. Your
u
preferred foot may not be on
the same side as your dominant
n
y
hand—you can be left-footed and
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Eye-motion right-handed or vice versa.
Look straight at the nose of the girl in each of
these pictures. In which one do you think she looks
happier? Most people find that she looks happier in
the bottom image, which shows her smiling on the
left side of the picture. This is because information
from your left visual field gets processed in your
brain’s right hemisphere, which is also dominant
for interpreting emotions.

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opposite h h h ha and to no ormal, su uch as
posite h han nd to nor rmal, suc ch as
pposite hand to normal, such as
pposite hand to normal, such as
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witching th he han nd tha at you hol ld
swit tching the ha and th hat tyo ou ho old
switching the hand that you hold
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ork wit th or rp put tti ting you ur
yo our for rk wit ith or pu utt tin ng yo our
your fork with or putting your
to m.
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orces
his forces
watch on the other arm. This forces
wa atc ch on th he ot the er ar rm Th his for rce es
watch on the other arm. This forces
ew
yo our br rai in to le lea arn ne ew wa ays
you ur bra ain to ear rn new way ys
your brain to learn new ways
th he tw ct
wo es
of doing things and creates
of fd doi ing thi ing gs and cre eat tes
of do oin ng th hin ngs an nd cr rea ate es
of doing things and creates
es wee
mo ore co onn nec cti tio ons be etween
mor re con nne ect tion ns bet tween
more connections between
ide es of fy you ur bra ain
the two sides of your brain.
the two si sid des of yo our br rai in n.
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