Active Games

Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 5:30 pm

In today’s class, the monks learned how to play some active games to illustrate how neurons send signals.  We played Synaptic Tag and other outside games from the Neuroscience for Kids web site.  We also discussed hemispheric dominance and sidedness.  The monastics tested themselves for handedness, footedness, earedness and eyedness.  Suprisingly, every one of 30 the monastics reported that they were right-handed.  Apparently there is strong pressure for the Tibetans to be right handed and many who may be natural left-handers are forced to be right handed.  Although there was some bias for having a dominant right ear, foot and eye, it was not 100%.

The cook prepared pancakes for breakfast, but lunch at the cafeteria was once again…rice and dal.