https://padlet.com/kandrew5/uc4j4chdco46 Killian Andrew 361 en-us 2019-12-08 00:08:34 UTC 2019-12-08 20:38:48 UTC hello@padlet.com kandrew5 https://padlet.com/kandrew5/uc4j4chdco46/wish/421243889 I can still recall the first time I sat in the driver seat and being so proud that I finish the grueling drivers ed class.  Touching the leather steering wheel for the first time and lightly kissing the gas peddle was the most wonderful and scary five seconds of my life. Looking over ta my mom, she never looked more horrified in her life while she gripped the handle holding on for dear life (I was only going 2 mph at  this point).  As I started to reverse down the driveway my mom wanted me to go left down my street... I started to turn the wheel left and my mom looked at me and started laughing. I was never more confused in my life. 

I totally forgot in order to go left in reverse you have to turn the wheel right, similar to S-R incompatible information processing. This was so much different than when driving along a road and turning right and turning the wheel right which matched in both ways. It was so hard more my brain to transfer this information to my hands when going in reverse. For the longest time when reversing I would have to stop and think which way I want to go and which way I have to turn the wheel. It was quite frustrating. But now, its automatic. my reaction time to reverse out of a parking spot or drive way is so much faster and I don't even have to bat an eye. 

This unnatural movement needed a lot of practice to master this task. Personally for me, I could not visualize or just watch someone do the task, I had to do it myself and use hand gestures in order to do it correctly. Although my response time  at first was quite slow, it is now automatic.

This is how I image my first drive. The picture below depicts how stressful it may be learn how to drive, especially when things are incompatible.]]> 2019-12-08 01:25:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kandrew5/uc4j4chdco46/wish/421243889 kandrew5 https://padlet.com/kandrew5/uc4j4chdco46/wish/421247785 I was a cheerleader and dancer growing up until the age of around 9 or 10. My father always dreamed of me playing basketball and finally I grew out of my performing days and it was time for me to try playing basketball. My brother always played so I did have some experience but never to the caliber the other girls my age had. The first practice I could dribble the ball with ease... with my right hand of course. I could get away with using the one hand for a couple practices but then my coach wanted to push me to try my left hand. I was TERRIFIED to be embarrassed in front of my team.

I took a deep breath and...... I DID IT! Although my left hand was definitely not as coordinated as my right hand but I was capable of doing it! My dad was even sort of shocked that I could do it (but so was I). After learning about bilateral transfer this year, I thought of that moment right away. All the days dribbling with my right hand must of helped my learn how to with my left without even physically doing the task. With practice I was able to master dribbling with my left hand but the fact that right from the start I was able to do so with minimal errors was so shocking, to everyone. 

Lets just say, not many people think cheerleaders will be the best basketball players. Until their sophomore year of high school being a starter on the Varsity Basketball team. Funny how bilateral transfer in the beginning could help pave the way to the future.  

The picture below explains how to dribble from one hand to the next. I would be unable to do this if I never was able to use my left hand. ]]> 2019-12-08 02:12:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kandrew5/uc4j4chdco46/wish/421247785 kandrew5 https://padlet.com/kandrew5/uc4j4chdco46/wish/421253331 The peaceful, quite sport of golf soon changed when my dad tried to teach me the game. Although he is not a professional or really great at all at the sport, he tried his best to teach me. At the driving range we said to watch him do a few drives then I would try. I got up to the tee and swung and the ball went maybe an inch because of the wind my golf club created missing the ball. I asked how to do it but my dad could not verbally give me directions on how to do the task or improve what I did wrong. And you guessed it, he began to yell but not because he was mad at me but because he was frustrated at himself and how he could not teach me. This went on for about an hour until finally I could hit the ball, not due to my father's teaching but because after enough trials I was able to get lucky.  

My dads lack of verbalization shows that golfing was stored in him procedural memory rather than declarative memory.  His golf skills are natural and automatic for him so he does not have to think about every little step that is needed to teach someone else how to do it. 

The short video below shows a women effortlessly hitting a golf ball. It seems almost automatic to her, so mostly like this task is stored in her procedural memory. This is definitely not what I looked like, ]]> 2019-12-08 03:08:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kandrew5/uc4j4chdco46/wish/421253331 kandrew5 https://padlet.com/kandrew5/uc4j4chdco46/wish/421351002 Growing up, I always wanted to be able to play the guitar and be some amazing musician. Well, that did not turn out considering my brother calls me tone deaf. The closet thing I ever got to a musician is Guitar Hero when my brother go it for Christmas one year. We were all so excited we set it up right away. Of course my brother got to go first (aka for an hour straight) but then I finally got my turn! 

This was not a pretty site. I could not hit the buttons with my left hand and strum with my right hand for the life of me. This bimanual coordination was defiantly not my strong suit. I could not get the timing down to match up with the keys shown on the TV. Also, I recall my brother making fun of me for strumming with my right hand AND my left hand... Since I am right hand dominant, my left hand kind of just followed what my right was doing. Even at the beginner level, it took me an hour just to get a couple notes correct. In order to even do that I had to look directly at my left hand to make sure it was doing what I wanted it to do. To this day I am still not the best Guitar Hero player.. better than when I was 9, but still not great. I have no clue how professional musicians do it... or people who can do the expert level on Guitar Hero. 

After learning about bimanual coordination this semester, it definitely makes sense why my left hand followed what my right hand was doing. I thought at the time I just had no control over my left had, maybe it had a mind of its own. I also now have an excuse to tell me brother why I sucked at Guitar Hero. 

The GIF below exhibits how playing guitar involves using to different limbs (arms) at the same time. An example of bimanual coordination. Although this minion makes it look very easy, often times people have trouble when two limbs have to take part in different tasks. ]]> 2019-12-08 19:02:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kandrew5/uc4j4chdco46/wish/421351002 kandrew5 https://padlet.com/kandrew5/uc4j4chdco46/wish/421361505 Obviously as a teenage girl I thought I had to be texting 24/7 to all my friends, even when I was talking to my parents at night. However, multitasking has never been one of my best abilities. 

My mom and dad were always yelling at me to pay attention to them or I would have to ask them to  repeat what they already said. Which is definitely one of their pet peeves. Also, while I would be talking to my parents and writing out a text simultaneously, my text would incorporate what I was actually saying out loud. I could never successfully do the two at the same time. I would either have to pause a conversation to write a text properly or I would have to stop texting in order for me to carry on a conversation in person. I know I probably sound so rude right now, but I was a young teenager, I had much to learn. 

Which I did, I never text and talk EVER, I think it is so rude. I always try to give my full undivided attention and try to have minimal interference.  When I did text and talk, both of my tasks were hindered. I could not focus on either when I did them together. Plus, now I know it is very rude to not pay attention to someone. 

The short video below shows how doing multiple task sat once can not only be stressful on the individual, but also increase difficulty of simple tasks. Interference can cause attention to be hindered or even diminished.]]> 2019-12-08 20:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kandrew5/uc4j4chdco46/wish/421361505