Sharpen my senses. Part 9, Getting back in touch with your sense of touch.

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Imprint:[Place of publication not identified] : Flame Media, 2015.
Description:1 online resource (11 minutes)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13697154
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Varying Form of Title:Getting back in touch with your sense of touch
Other authors / contributors:Sampson, Todd, 1970- speaker.
Blake, David, speaker.
Flame Media (Firm), publisher.
Digital file characteristics:video file
Notes:Title from resource description page (viewed February 11, 2022).
In English.
Summary:In his series 'Redesign my Brain', award winning documentary maker Todd Sampson sets out to improve his senses: sight, hearing and touch. To prove that his sensory perception has been enhanced, Todd will compete in a safe-cracking competition. This clip is from episode 'Sharpen My Senses', Part 9. Finally, Todd needs to improve his sense of Touch and neuroscientist Dr. David Blake at Georgia Regents University Medical College is his man. Dr. Blake's sensory training techniques - blindfolded fruit identification and walking barefoot on uneven surfaces - improves Sampson's hand-touch sensitivity by 20% and his foot-touch perception by a massive 250%.