News tagged with fingertips

Fingertips

"Fingertips" is a 1963 number one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States since Johnny Standley's 1952 comic monologue "It's in the Book".

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Decoding touch

With their whiskers rats can detect the texture of objects in the same way as humans do using their fingertips. A study, in which some scientists of SISSA have taken part, shows that it is possible to understand ...

Neuroscience Apr 23, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Genetic sequencing breakthrough to aid treatment for congenital hyperinsulinism

Congenital hyperinsulinism is a genetic condition where a baby's pancreas secretes too much insulin. It affects approximately one in 50,000 live births and in severe cases requires the surgical removal of all or part of the ...

Genetics Dec 27, 2012 | not rated yet | 0 |

Family grapples with kids' tech time

(HealthDay)—Every Christmas, Linda Russell knows her three children's wish lists will be chock-full of requests for the latest in electronic toys and gadgets. And, like most parents, she struggles to know ...

Pediatrics Dec 14, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Face-washing tips for healthier-looking skin

Washing your face is as simple as using soap and water, right? Not quite say dermatologists. How you wash your face can make a difference in your appearance.

Health Nov 14, 2012 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

Fear study reveals mental processes

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers studying how our minds develop fears in response to danger found that people can quickly learn to recognise a threat even when they are unaware of it.

Psychology & Psychiatry Jul 30, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Undergrads invent cell phone screener to combat anemia in developing world

Could a low-cost screening device connected to a cell phone save thousands of women and children from anemia-related deaths and disabilities?

Medical research Jul 24, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

How skin is wired for touch

Compared to our other senses, scientists don't know much about how our skin is wired for the sensation of touch. Now, research reported in the December 23rd issue of the journal Cell provides the first picture of how specia ...

Neuroscience Dec 22, 2011 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 1 |

Practice, not loss of sight, improves sense of touch in the blind: study

New research from McMaster University may answer a controversial question: do the blind have a better sense of touch because the brain compensates for vision loss or because of heavy reliance on their fingertips?

Neuroscience May 11, 2011 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1 |