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How Things You Touch Influence the Way You Think

Call it matter over mind: a new study shows that objects you touch may influence the way you think and behave.

Little fingers are more sensitive

Smaller fingers may create a more precise sense of touch, according to a study published this week in the Journal of Neuroscience. Anecdotally, researchers have observed that women tend to have a finer sense of touch than men, but until now it wasn’t very clear why. This new research suggests that it may just have [...]