Nature Communications (Jun 2019)

Augmented manipulation ability in humans with six-fingered hands

  • C. Mehring,
  • M. Akselrod,
  • L. Bashford,
  • M. Mace,
  • H. Choi,
  • M. Blüher,
  • A.-S. Buschhoff,
  • T. Pistohl,
  • R. Salomon,
  • A. Cheah,
  • O. Blanke,
  • A. Serino,
  • E. Burdet

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10306-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Can the human brain successfully control additional body parts beyond the ones we normally possess? Here, the authors study two polydactyly individuals (with an additional finger on each hand) and show that they can carry out more complex movements, performing with only one hand tasks normally requiring two.