He has verified his supposition using data from Positron Emission Tomography (PET) testing of brainwaves. This data shows that the right brains of highly skilled abacus users are active when carrying out arithmetic operations. This contrasts with the rest of us, for whom the left brain is more active when doing arithmetic.
他也以測量腦波的正電子放射斷層照相（PET）的數據佐證，腦波數據顯示，平常人在計算的時候是左腦的活動，但算盤名家在計算時是右腦的活動。