Re: EXPLANATIONsrrbrrgrrJune 12 2004, 03:22:23 UTC
"Here's how it works.
By having all the addition problems, you are put in your "math" brain. You take in two pieces of information and quickly spit out a third. When it comes to the end, you are already, or should already, be trying to answer as quickly as possible. Because the answer you give to a math problem is linked to the "output" part of your brain, as is talking, and because you are trying to think of something quickly, you will still be using the talking/output part of your brain, meaning that whatever comes first is probably going to be whatever is easiest to say. Red is the easiest color to say, and hammer is the easiest tool name to pronounce (that is common). So that's what you think. It helps to do these kind of things by giving the answers out loud.
Also, it doesn't really matter whether you think of "red hammer" like I did or "hammer...red" like both my parents did."
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By having all the addition problems, you are put in your "math" brain. You take in two pieces of information and quickly spit out a third. When it comes to the end, you are already, or should already, be trying to answer as quickly as possible. Because the answer you give to a math problem is linked to the "output" part of your brain, as is talking, and because you are trying to think of something quickly, you will still be using the talking/output part of your brain, meaning that whatever comes first is probably going to be whatever is easiest to say. Red is the easiest color to say, and hammer is the easiest tool name to pronounce (that is common). So that's what you think. It helps to do these kind of things by giving the answers out loud.
Also, it doesn't really matter whether you think of "red hammer" like I did or "hammer...red" like both my parents did."
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