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In need of a woman's touch? Why smaller fingers mean women are more sensitive than men
Always thought women were more sensitive than men but not been able to put your finger on why?
Now scientists have come up with a handy explanation. And it's all in the fingertips.
They have found that petite fingers have a more developed sense of touch, making them more sensitive.
It could also go some way to explaining why women are usually much more tactile than men.
Researchers asked 100 students to undertake a touch test that, like a sight test, became progressively more difficult.
Just as those having an eye test are asked to read smaller and smaller letters, the students were asked to run their fingertips over progressively narrower parallel grooves.
Those with smaller fingers - usually women - were able to discern tighter grooves.
In fact they could feel grooves that were about 0.2 millimetres smaller than those felt by men.
‘Our discovery reveals that one important factor in the sense of touch is finger size,' said one of the researchers, whose work is published in The Journal of Neuroscience.
Scientists now plan to examine whether children's fingers are even more sensitive
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