What can you conclude about the density of touch receptors in your skin?

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What can you conclude about the density of touch receptors in your skin?


Can someone give me a little insight on this question?

anonymous · Answer

i have found a superb website for your question. Ans it describes it in greater detail than you probably need. First your question. two-point discrimination depends on activating two separate populations of neurons, and in order to discriminate two closely placed points, the receptive fields of the neurons must be small. This in turn means that the receptors must be densely packed in a sensitive area, so that two points very close together activate different receptors. The website is, http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/twopt.html GL! :D

anonymous · Answer

Did you just copy this from yahoo? @DJPatrickStar

anonymous · Answer

Yeah XD (From Yahoo)