[Paddlewise] rolling, rehearsal, and brain parts

From: Michael Edelman <mje_at_spamcop.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 12:23:06 -0400
Steve wrote:

> There's way too much misinformation about hemispheric 
> localization (aka right brain/ left brain) floating 
> about. Rolling is a psychomotor skillthat uses muscles 
> on both sides of the body; therefore, both right and
> left motor centers have to be involved. It's not a "right brain > action."

Well put! Most popular hemispheric localization stuff is nonsense. Like
any such skill, the more you rehearse it, the less active monitoring it
needs. When you're well rehearsed, you don't have to think about the
individual moves, you just *do* it, in the same way that you just ride a
bicycle without having to think about every little correction. 

-- mike
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