Next time you finish washing your hands in a public bathroom, you may want to think twice when you choose between a jet hand dryer and paper towels. According to a study published in the Journal of ...

Our brains contain a highly distorted model of our own bodies, according to researchers. A new study on the brain's representation of the hand found that our model of our bodies is out of sync with ...

A study of 14,178 Americans aged 50 and older revealed that lower hand grip strength increases the risk of early death. Those with absolute weakness faced a 1.45 times higher mortality risk. Exercises ...

A study published in the medical journal Nature on Monday found that targeted electrical pulses delivered to the spinal cord can help improve arm and hand movement after a stroke. Two patients were ...

Want to dry your hands but keep them clean after you've washed them? Those hot air hand dryers in bathrooms may be blowing it. And by it, I mean bacteria and other gunk. Also, a study published in the ...

Researchers are recruiting people to participate in a research study (IRB00147458) on upper-limb prosthetics. Participants will use a mock prosthesis featuring sensory feedback (visual, auditory, ...

The main ways of telling a story — as a chronicle of events, or as a fable focused on a moral of why it happened — may determine your likelihood of using hand gestures You can save this article by ...

Our brains contain a highly distorted model of our own bodies, according to new research by scientists at UCL (University College London). A study published today, which focussed on the brain's ...