Water-induced finger wrinkles do not affect touch acuity or dexterity in handling wet objects.

Human non-hairy (glabrous) skin of the fingers, palms and soles wrinkles after prolonged exposure to water. Wrinkling is a sympathetic nervous system-dependent process but little is known about the physiology and potential functions of water-induced skin wrinkling. Here we investigated the idea that...

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Autores principales:	Julia Haseleu, Damir Omerbašić, Henning Frenzel, Manfred Gross, Gary R Lewin
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e373ba2ae16e40ae922fbbb4e3e9f98c2021-11-18T08:38:27ZWater-induced finger wrinkles do not affect touch acuity or dexterity in handling wet objects.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0084949https://doaj.org/article/e373ba2ae16e40ae922fbbb4e3e9f98c2014-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24416318/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Human non-hairy (glabrous) skin of the fingers, palms and soles wrinkles after prolonged exposure to water. Wrinkling is a sympathetic nervous system-dependent process but little is known about the physiology and potential functions of water-induced skin wrinkling. Here we investigated the idea that wrinkling might improve handling of wet objects by measuring the performance of a large cohort of human subjects (n = 40) in a manual dexterity task. We also tested the idea that skin wrinkling has an impact on tactile acuity or vibrotactile sensation using two independent sensory tasks. We found that skin wrinkling did not improve dexterity in handling wet objects nor did it affect any aspect of touch sensitivity measured. Thus water-induced wrinkling appears to have no significant impact on tactile driven performance or dexterity in handling wet or dry objects.Julia HaseleuDamir OmerbašićHenning FrenzelManfred GrossGary R LewinPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 1, p e84949 (2014)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Julia Haseleu Damir Omerbašić Henning Frenzel Manfred Gross Gary R Lewin Water-induced finger wrinkles do not affect touch acuity or dexterity in handling wet objects.
description	Human non-hairy (glabrous) skin of the fingers, palms and soles wrinkles after prolonged exposure to water. Wrinkling is a sympathetic nervous system-dependent process but little is known about the physiology and potential functions of water-induced skin wrinkling. Here we investigated the idea that wrinkling might improve handling of wet objects by measuring the performance of a large cohort of human subjects (n = 40) in a manual dexterity task. We also tested the idea that skin wrinkling has an impact on tactile acuity or vibrotactile sensation using two independent sensory tasks. We found that skin wrinkling did not improve dexterity in handling wet objects nor did it affect any aspect of touch sensitivity measured. Thus water-induced wrinkling appears to have no significant impact on tactile driven performance or dexterity in handling wet or dry objects.
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author	Julia Haseleu Damir Omerbašić Henning Frenzel Manfred Gross Gary R Lewin
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title	Water-induced finger wrinkles do not affect touch acuity or dexterity in handling wet objects.
title_short	Water-induced finger wrinkles do not affect touch acuity or dexterity in handling wet objects.
title_full	Water-induced finger wrinkles do not affect touch acuity or dexterity in handling wet objects.
title_fullStr	Water-induced finger wrinkles do not affect touch acuity or dexterity in handling wet objects.
title_full_unstemmed	Water-induced finger wrinkles do not affect touch acuity or dexterity in handling wet objects.
title_sort	water-induced finger wrinkles do not affect touch acuity or dexterity in handling wet objects.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2014
url	https://doaj.org/article/e373ba2ae16e40ae922fbbb4e3e9f98c
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Water-induced finger wrinkles do not affect touch acuity or dexterity in handling wet objects.

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