Robots excel at many things, but having a good sense of touch is not among them. Whether dropping items or pinching them too ...

Of all the senses, the somatosensory system is the most complex, and therefore touch, some researchers argue, is the most difficult to study. Vision and hearing, for instance, are confined to the ...

When you touch the phone, tablet, or computer in front of you, the feeling of touch is a series of electrical signals sent to the brain. When this connection is severed, such as in spinal injuries ...

Acute sense of touch helps hummingbirds hover near a flower without bumping into it A new study shows they create a 3D body map when neurons in the forebrain fire as gusts of air touch their wings ...

But sense of touch in the breast is one important factor that patients might otherwise overlook. “We spend tremendous time talking people through it, really having them informed about these ...

New way to control the sense of touch Date: August 19, 2024 Source: Rutgers University Summary: Researchers have found a new way to manage the receptors that control the sense of touch, which ...

Fine tuning sensors on prosthetics includes incorporating the sense of touch into a device to be as close to the sensations felt by a natural limb as can be. Leila Daly, a fifth-year computer ...

And in some cases, the person completed a task nearly as fast as an able-bodied person. So far, scientists can only offer a very basic sense of touch to people who use prosthetic limbs.

A version of this article appears in print on Nov. 14, 2023, Section D, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: Tingly all Over: A Hairy Truth About Your Sense of Touch.

Imbrie's movement and sense of touch are limited by a spinal injury from a car accident. Computer ports in Imbrie's skull are wired to the motor and sensory parts of his brain. Electrodes pick up ...