While discussing brain lateralization in intro class, a student indicated 
that President Garfield was able to simultaneously write Greek with one 
hand and Latin with the other.  My first response was this was a 
Presidental legend or just funny things presidents do, of which there are 
many.  She persisted.  A PsychInfo search on president's brains came up 
empty.  Is it possible that a brain, let alone a president's brain, could 
be that undifferentiated?  Sort of a late Friday type of question, but 
serious.

Tom Hershberger
Chatham College

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