RT Book, Section
A1 Kandel, Eric R.
A1 Koester, John D.
A1 Mack, Sarah H.
A1 Siegelbaum, Steven A.
SR Print(0)
ID 1180641576
T1 Touch
T2 Principles of Neural Science, 6e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259642234
LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180641576
RD 2024/04/17
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.