Results: The index and middle fingers were the fastest fingers for both hands, and little fingers the slowest.
Tapping with the index finger had a significantly faster task completion time than all other gestures (p< 0.001).
The thumb represents the brain, the index finger represents the liver/gall bladder. The middle finger represents heart, the ring finger represents hormones and the little finger or pinky represents digestion.
“You'd lose 50 percent of your hand strength, easily,” Laurie Rogers, a certified hand therapist in Washington, told the New York Times. The pinkie finger and the the ring finger act as a power bottom, while the index finger, middle finger, and thumb provide all the dexterity.
"The finger snap occurs in only seven milliseconds — more than 20 times faster than the blink of an eye, which takes more than 150 milliseconds."
Strength of the grip and strength of the fingers are highly correlated. The contribution of the index finger is about 25% of the total force, the middle finger 35%, the ring finger 25% and 14% of the force is contributed by the pinky.
The snap happens 20 times faster than the blink of an eye. He and his colleagues found that our fingers provide just the right amount of compression and friction to be perfectly suited for snapping.
Fingers have been demonstrated to differ in their motor ability in experiments that explored grip strength as well as when measuring produced forces for each finger individually: middle and index fingers were stronger than ring and little fingers, and the little finger was the weakest overall (Li, Latash, & Zatsiorsky, ...
The middle finger (digit 111) pinch was the strongest for both hands in males and females (Fig. 3, c and d).
The little finger is important in a strong grip and hand surgeons agree if you're going to lose a finger the index finger is the best one to lose.
A long index finger shows the tendency to rule and dominate others in all spheres of life. These people can prove to be good managers but sometimes a bit arrogant too. Too long an index finger makes one a dictator. People with a small index finger lack the leadership skills and have less ego and pride.
The fourth finger of the left hand, believed to possess a vein that runs securely to the heart, is the finger we here in the US wear our wedding rings on. The vein of love or more amorously called the Vena Amoris, is from ancient times and is thought to originate with Eqypt.
The 'ring finger' got its name from the ancient belief that a vein directly connected it to the human heart, and that wearing a ring on that finger might alleviate ailments.
A gene causing the index finger to be shorter than the ring finger is said to be dominant in men but recessive in women, with the result that more women have longer forefingers than men.
Summary: The number of fingers does not determine typing speed, new study shows. People using self-taught typing strategies were found to be as fast as trained typists. The number of fingers does not determine typing speed, new study shows.
Average Typing Speeds
The average typing speed when using only two fingers is 27 words per minute (WPM) when copying and 37 WPM when typing from memory. The average typing speed for someone touch typing with ten fingers is between 40 and 60 WPM.
Because the nerves for the ring and pinky finger are intertwined, it becomes harder to move each of these fingers separately. The same things happens between the ring and middle finger. However, your middle finger moves much more easily because it's getting two sets of signals.
The analysis of tactile sensitivity of three measurement sites on both hands in the patients and controls revealed the highest tactile sensitivity on the little finger, lower on the index finger and the lowest in the metacarpus (Figure 1).
The thumb digit has only two phalanges (bones) so it only has one joint.
But back in the 1970s, scientists showed that children can sometimes regrow the tip of an amputated finger, as long as there's a bit of nail left over and the wound isn't stitched up.
You may want to see a proffesional. But it is impossible to lift your ring finger. The tendons inyour fingers are independent from one another apart from the ones in your middle and ring finger. ...
The eye: the fastest muscle in the human body.
That means, while you're awake, you probably blink: 900 – 1,200 times an hour. 14,400 – 19,200 times a day. 100,800 – 134,400 times a week.
According to new research, a finger snap is the fastest movement overall in the human body. Scientists at Georgia Tech reveal it takes just seven milliseconds to snap your fingers — more than 20 times quicker than the blink of an eye!