From: Joris Ballet INNET BE> Date: 24 dec 1995 Subject: Re: Habu's brain >P.S.: I almost literally bumped into Hiroki Kawada last Sunday, when he >stepped out of a shop here in Tsukuba. He explained to me why >there is so much interest in the functioning of Habu's brain. It seems that >he is the only professional who mainly uses the right part of his brain >when playing a game. All other professionals mainly use the left side of >the brain (if I remember correctly, it could also be vice versa). It would >support my rather unscientific assumption that the difference between Habu >and the others is that Habu is psychic :-). I have not been able to find any >other feature in his Shogi that makes him such special player. >In any case, food for thought for neuroscientists and psychologists... > correct me if i'm wrong, but i think i remember something from my neuro science classes (lucky i remember anything at all from my classes :-) Most people use left and right part of the brain for specific purposes, but for some people this is reversed, usually left handed people. Is Habu left handed ? joris. -- .-------------------------------------------------------------------------. | Joris BALLET | | home:jballet innet be http://www.club.innet.be/~jballet/ | | work:jorisb nmxbelg attmail com | | Programmers don't byte, they just nibble a bit. | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Copyright 1995 Joris BALLET. Microsoft Network is prohibited from | | redistributing this work in any form, in whole or in part. License to | | distribute this post is available to Microsoft for $1000. Posting | | without permission constitutes an agreement to these terms. Any network| | provider not owned or funded in whole or in part by Microsoft may use | | this message freely. | `-------------------------------------------------------------------------'