Fingerprints Enhance Our Sense of Touch (IMAGE)

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Fingerprints Enhance Our Sense of Touch

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Receptive fields of sensory neurons in the hand, mapped onto a fingertip.

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Jarocka et al., JNeurosci 2021

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