Braingle iconBraingleAug 31, 2026

Opposite Hand

Try brushing your teeth, eating lunch, dialing the telephone, or flipping a coin. By doing this exercise, you are giving the opposite side of your brain a chance to perform this activity.

Opposite Hand

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Try brushing your teeth, eating lunch, dialing the telephone, or flipping a coin.

By doing this exercise, you are giving the opposite side of your brain a chance to perform this activity.

Allowing the nondominate side of the brain to do activities it doesn't normally do will quickly create all sorts of new associations in that part of the mind.

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Try brushing your teeth, eating lunch, dialing the telephone, or flipping a coin. By doing this exercise, you are giving the opposite side of your brain a chance to perform this activity. A right-handed person will always be using the left side of their brain and the other side will never get a chance to learn how to do certain activities.

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  • Allowing the nondominate side of the brain to do activities it doesn't normally do will quickly create all sorts of new associations in that part of the mind.

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Try doing something that you don't normally do with your nondominant hand. This is an easy exercise and it has excellent results.

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