The lab of University of Virginia systems engineer Gregory J. Gerling recently made a discovery on a touchy subject: why women generally seem to have a more acute sense of touch than men.
Their finding upends the long-held belief that digit size is the most determining factor.
“Basically, we confirmed women are better than men at touch discrimination — although not because they have smaller fingers, but because in general they have softer fingers,” said Gerling, a professor in the School of Engineering and Applied Science
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