Human sense of touch consists of 16 unique types of nerve cells Posted Yesterday No less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by scientists in a new study on the human sense of touch. Comparisons between humans, mice and macaques show both similarities and significant differences. The study is a collaboration between...
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Soft, stretchable electronic skin could reconstruct the sense of touch
By Lizzy Lawrence May 18, 2023 JIANCHENG LAI AND WEICHEN WANG OF BAO/STANFORD UNIVERSITY The largest organ in the body is a wonder. Skin is soft, flexible, and sensitive to every imaginable stimuli, and seamlessly plugs into the nervous system. This makes it extremely difficult to replicate — but that hasn’t stopped a team of...
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A prototype devised at the UMA will allow listening to music through the sense of touch
UNIVERSITY OF MALAGA VIDEO: RESEARCHERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS HAVE DEVELOPED AN AUDIO-TACTILE ALGORITHM THAT CONVEYS MELODIC INFORMATION THROUGH VIBRATION CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF MALAGA People with hearing loss will be able to listen to music through the sense of touch thanks to a pioneering prototype that has been devised by researchers of the Department...
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Researchers recreate sense of touch and motor control in paralyzed patient
by Alison Caldwell, University of Chicago Medical Center Scott Imbrie. Credit: University of Chicago Medical Center On a chilly day in the fall of 2020, Scott Imbrie’s joyful voice preceded his entrance into the seventh-floor lobby of the Center for Care and Discovery, the University of Chicago Medicine’s flagship hospital located in Hyde Park. He greeted...
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Technology that restores the sense of touch in nerves damaged as a result of injury
TEL-AVIV UNIVERSITY IMAGE: DR. BEN MAOZ CREDIT: TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY Tel Aviv University’s new and groundbreaking technology inspires hope among people who have lost their sense of touch in the nerves of a limb following amputation or injury. The technology involves a tiny sensor that is implanted in the nerve of the injured limb, for...
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How the brain makes sense of touch
by Giorgia Guglielmi, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Credit: CC0 Public Domain EPFL researchers have identified specific neurons that help activate sensory processing in nearby nerve cells—a finding that could explain how the brain integrates signals necessary for tactile perception and learning. The ability to perceive touch sensations gives our brains a wealth of information about the environment,...