TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Touch A1 - Kandel, Eric R. A1 - Koester, John D. A1 - Mack, Sarah H. A1 - Siegelbaum, Steven A. Y1 - 2021 N1 - T2 - Principles of Neural Science, 6e AB - IN THIS CHAPTER ON THE SENSE OF TOUCH, we focus on the hand because of its importance for this modality, in particular its role in the appreciation of object properties and in performance of skilled motor tasks. The human hand is one of evolution’s great creations. The fine manipulative capacity provided by our fingers is possible because of their fine sensory capacity; if we lose tactile sensation in our fingers, we lose manual dexterity. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1192995396 ER -