MathGirl wrote:
In Mary and Max, Max said that he can't walk and chew gum at the same time.
Can you?
I personally have no problem with it, but I did as a kid. Same goes with swinging my arms at my sides - I couldn't get the rhythm right.
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Yes, can walk and chew gum at the same time.
However, I cannot juggle three rubber balls in the air for more than about seven seconds and when I attempted to use a musical baton to conduct music evenly found my ability to keep an even beat going out-of-sync very quickly.
Also recall extreme difficulty trying to jump off the low diving board into a pool due to the movement of the diving board and myself walking to the edge of the diving board to dive in.
http://www.hemihelp.org.uk/ (Paresis = weakness vs Plegia = paralysis)
http://www.associatedconditionsofcerebralpalsy.com/
http://www.out-of-sync-child.com/
http://www.balametrics.com/
http://www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/
When I walk down the sidewalk today (chewing gum), there is a natural rhythm to my right arm but my left arm is a little (15%) less rhymical.
This right side of my body vs left side of my body subtle difference has shown up a little in trying to learn to play the guitar where right hand musical activities are natural and far easier than left side musical activities (chords) which are less natural and far more challenging for me.
Words
Body balance
Crossing the midline of the body
Left side vs Right side
Sensory processing
Sensory integration
and so on
Left hemisphere
Corpus callosum
Right hemisphere
Cerebellum
and so on
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