The origin and the transmission of the rock-paper-scissors game
I focus on the origin, the transmission and the world-wide distribution
of the rock-paper-scissors game. In 1991 when I was in the beloved green
place, Glasgow, it was quite amazing to find out the native existence of
the game in Britain. I had believed that it was a traditional Japanese
game. Every Japanese child can play it. The event has evoked the academic
interest far much stronger than I ever experienced in the neuroscience
research.
The study should lead us a new insight into the association of the
Oriental culture with the Western one. Any information on the rock-paper-scissors
game is welcome.
The wold-wide distribution of RPS.
Masayuki Ikeda, M.D., F.J.C.P.
E-mail: 
ike(underbar)cell@yahoo.co.jp
Department of Clinical Research, National Saigata Hospital, 468-1 Saigata,
Ohgata-Machi, Nakakubiki-Gun, Niigata 949-3193, Japan
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