Smaller is better for finger sensitivity

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 05:49 in Health & Medicine

People who have smaller fingers have a finer sense of touch, according to new research in the Dec. 16 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. This finding explains why women tend to have better tactile acuity than men, because women on average have smaller fingers...

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