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Asymmetric stupid face tricks: A survey
Jun. 2nd, 2017 09:57 pmYesterday I realized that my skill in Stupid Chiral Face Tricks is asymmetric:
- I can raise my left eyebrow independently, but not my right [1]
- I can sneer on the left side, but not the right
- It turns out I can, upon attempting it, ever so slightly flare just my left nostril, but not my right (I can flare both at once quite easily)
- I can wiggle my ears, and although I can't wiggle just one, I feel like I know how I would try to wiggle just my left one but would have no idea on the right
- I can flip my tongue one direction but not the other
So the left side of my face is apparently way more expressive! That's cool, and weird, especially since I'm right-handed. It only seems to apply to chiral motions (motions that have left/right handedness to them) so it's not like I just have more limited range of motion on one side of face. Clearly what this calls for is... a poll!
Handedness? (if it's complicated, just answer according to your actual hands)
Left-handed
2 (22.2%)
Right-handed
7 (77.8%)
Ambidextrous
0 (0.0%)
Briefly list any chiral facial muscular skills
Your chiral facial muscular skills are:
I don't have any :-(
4 (44.4%)
Totally symmetric (perform equally on both sides)
0 (0.0%)
Consistently asymmetric (can only use left side for all, or right for all)
1 (11.1%)
A mix
4 (44.4%)
Do your chiral facial skills correlate with your handedness?
Yes, more skilled on same side as dominant hand
1 (12.5%)
Yes, more skilled on opposite side as dominant hand
2 (25.0%)
No clear correlation
2 (25.0%)
N/A due to ambidextrous / not spending enough time in front of the mirror doing silly things
3 (37.5%)
(For reasons, I am making this a public post, but the poll answers will only be visible to me; I will then strip off usernames and post the responses in a followup. There doesn't seem to be a way to automatically publish poll results minus usernames.)
[1] I can sort of raise my right one, but only by raising both while lowering my left one.
