Manual dexterity is a vital motor skill associated with the normal development of the neural and motor systems and demonstrates their coordination. Children who show deficits in this skill require ...

Although people are very skilled at using their hands, they take a long time to master how to use them. Meanwhile, for many apes, the process of mastery happens much faster- by the time humans have ...

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Performance on a manual dexterity test can act as an objective behavior marker that can aid in detecting the prodromal stage of patients with Parkinson disease. Performance on a manual dexterity test ...

Tsukuba, Japan—Among the many harmful effects of aging, a decline in hand dexterity can lead to difficulties in the performance of daily activities, such as writing, cooking, gardening, craftwork, and ...

Archaeologists have long linked ancient tool use to the beginning of human history. Homo habilis, the theory goes, was the "handy man" who used tools and served as the intermediary species between the ...

People have long speculated whether the evolution of bipedalism in early hominins triggered tool use (by freeing their hands) or whether the necessity of making and using tools encouraged the shift to ...

It turns out that long thumbs aren’t just handy - they may be a sign of a bigger brain. According to new research, primates ...