How Smart is Your Right Foot?

This was forwarded to me from my sister:

Just try this. It is from an orthopedic surgeon.

This will boggle your mind and you will keep trying over and over again to see if you can outsmart your foot, but you can't. It's preprogrammed in your brain!

1. WITHOUT anyone watching you (they will think you are GOOFY) and while sitting where you are at your desk in front of your computer, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles.

2. Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with you right hand.

Your foot will change direction.

I told you so!

And there's nothing you can do about it!

You and I both know how stupid it is, but before the day is done you are going to try it again, if you've not already done so.

I think the reason why the right foot changes direction is because the brain is trying to simultaneous to do both motions that are similar with the same hemisphere. Both the right hand and right foot are controlled by the left hemisphere. If you let your left hand draw a "6" then the right foot won't change direction. I have actually done this experiment with the left hand drawing a "6" and the right foot did not change direction.