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What really intrigues me about this morning's session is the role the I function plays in the ability to create unique and creative movements in the human body by the I function's ability to isolate, to "switch on and off" movement. I have several questions about it and wonder what implications it might have on our teaching and our students...

First, is this ability of the I function especially pronounced in those who make their life by the creative arts (dancers, figure skaters, gymnasts)? Do the brains of these people have a common variation that allows them to do this more than others?

Next, can this be extended to thinking and creativity in general? Is this something that could be applied to how a student writes or reasons?

Finally, how much of this is innate, and how much of this is learned through behavior and upbringing? Does this mean that we can teach our students to be able to isolate movement and or thought? Can our students be conditioned into being more creative, or does this mean that their brain and or muscle power is, at least to an extent, predetermined by their genetics?