Can you pat your head and rub your tummy at the same time?

[IntelligentInputDarling]

My 10 yr old DC has just done this at dinner (we're on holiday!)

Can you?

I cannot! Or roll my tongue.
DC and DH can both do both 🤪
Is there a correlation?!

It's genetic. My DD has very mobile joints, also genetic.

I can! I can also roll my tongue and whistle

i can’t click though

I can do that.

I cannot roll my r’s.

HTH

Not easily. But I can wiggle just my little toe without moving the others and fold down just my ring finger without bending the others.

no I cant but I am dyspraxic

I never used to be able to but since then I have learned to play the piano. Now I can do it no worries and can switch hands.

I can do it, but I can't do the thing where you try to rotate your fingers in opposite directions (this is hard to explain, I saw a video on instagram).

I can but only because I sort of trained myself as a child.

I can't roll my tongue. I think that's a genetic thing that you either can or can't do.

And I can roll my tongue, which is genetic I think - I remember learning about it at school when we did mendel squares.

I can do both, but I can't click my fingers though.

I cannot do that but I can roll my tongue and wiggle my ears.

I can do both.

I can also turn my tongue upside down in my mouth, but only clockwise. Anticlockwise it doesn't want to move.

I can roll my tongue 'upwards', but not downwards, which is apparently very rare.

I can too. Thought this was normal.

I can tap my head and rub my tummy.

I can do the tummy/head thing, roll my tongue, fold it into a clover shape, turn it upside down both directions, tie a cherry stalk with it, wiggle my big toes without moving the other toes, wiggle my ears, raise both eyebrows separately, click and whistle... can't cross my fingers though, weirdly.

I can but I've never been able to touch my toes.

Like a lizard? Wow!

I can do the head-tummy thing with my right hand on my head (I'm right-handed) but the left one insists on going round in circles 😂

Can't roll my Rs.

I can pat my head & rub tummy at the same time, roll my tongue & r's, I can't believe people can wriggle their ears, how?!?!? I feel sore and weird trying to do it 🤣

upwards is rare. if I’m understanding it correctly I roll mine up but can’t down but iv never seen anyone be able to roll down so I probably am misunderstanding!

So upwards is the edges of the tongue come up meet on top rather than downwards so edges meet on the bottom?

tongue rolling is genetic (mostly) - you either can or you can't

the trick to the rub-tummy-pat-head task is to pat your head with a circular motion that matches the tummy rubbing motion. then it is easy. So draw a circle over your tummy with one hand, and draw the same circle over your head with the other hand, where the bottom of the head-circle is the pat.

I can ! It's actually easy to learn

I thought, I can do all of the things in the post until whambam's impressive tongue gymnasts. I can only roll it

Pat head and rub tummy ? Yes

Roll tongue ? Yes

Whistle ? No

fold down just my ring finger without bending the others. - yes. I didn't realise this was something some people can't do

Yes.

Can't do the tongue thing though. I have a short tongue.

I roll my tongue but not my 'r's. If that helps.

Can pat my head and rub my stomach.

Can also bend my fingertips on both hands while the rest of the finger is straight, and can place my thumbs flush to my wrists. But after an online quiz where I found I'm able to do prayer hands behind my shoulder blades, apparently I'm hyper mobile 😅