Immerse your hands in water for a while, and
wrinkles will form. Those wrinkles improve a person’s grip on wet,
slippery objects, says a new study.
Credit: Mitchio/Flickr
9 comments:
Nicholas
said...
This is really cool. It is amazing how pruney fingers gives you a better grip on wet stuff. I think it is cool how the brain realizes that you are in a wet environment like when you are in a pool, you might need to pick up wet things. Of course, when you are in a pool, you do not always need to pick up wet things. But I love that the brain can do that. A lot of times when I read these kinds of articles about the brain and I wonder how much the brain can do I do not know. I also think how much the brain does that seems useless, like having wrinkled fingers, that is useful. This was a great article, that not only had some good content, but it really made me think.
This is pretty cool. I always thought that prunie fingers were just ugly and disgusting. Now, I can move object from wet to dry areas after the pool with ease. When you are in a pool with sinkie toys, it will be easier after you have been in the pool for a while, than when you first get in the pool. Of course, this skill can only be useful when you are in the pool or when you are doing dishes or something. This article made me thing of something gross and disgusting as a cool trick to picking up things faster.
I think that this is really cool. I always thought it was shriveling up because the water would dehydrate my skin. I know it doesn't really make sense, but that was the only thing I could come up with. I think this is really interesting that our skin does that for us. But why does it only do it when it is in water for a long period of time? Why doesn't it shrivel up when we are in water for 5-10 minutes? And does it affect us in a bad way? Overall I thought this article was really cool, and it had a lot of information. This is Chloe
I always wondered why your fingers got pruney in the water for a long time and what it meant. Now I understand according to the 2011 study that it might help us get a grip on wet things better. I think it might be true because our fingers look like shoe or tire grooves and that might help moving wet/ slippery objects since our dry fingers work better for dry objects it make just as much sense as our wet fingers working for wet objects.
This was kind of disturbing, but really interesting. I always wondered what the purpose of wrinkling skin was. I would like to try this sometime. If you are doing the dishes, and need to grasp the wet dishes, would wrinkly fingers help you? People wear gloves sometimes to protect their hands from the hot water, but since they are rubber gloves, I would assume that those would be better for protecting your skin, AND for gripping the dishes. This article kind of confused me, but it was an interesting concept. I would like to learn more about this :)
This is quite interesting. I didn't know that wrinkled hands could actually help you. Why is it that our hands shrivel up in water, and then a couple minutes after you get out, they are back to normal again. Could this change the way that we do things? Will people play sports differently so that they can get a better grip on a ball? I know that they are dry objects but maybe for water polo. Or you test it on baseball. Anyway, I think that this is really cool. I though that the water was somehow taking oils form your skin or something. I don't really know. I just think that this is something that is really interesting and it gets you wondering why scientists didn't come out with this earlier.
This is so cool! I agree with Chloe, I always thought my hands would shrivel up because the water would dehydrate my skin. I think it's amazing at how the brain works. I mean, I never would have guessed that pruney fingers give you a better grip on wet things. Overall, I give this informative article an A.
I think this is awesome! I never really thought that pruney fingers were gross... I thought that this article was very useful, because on summer days at home, I usually literally spend the whole entire day in the pool either with family or friends. My fingers always get this way but I think that this really is amazing! I have a few questions though: 1. If our fingers crinkle up in water, why don't they do it in air or other substances? 2. Is this good for our body or not? 3. Like Chloe said, why does it only do it when we are in water for a long period of time? Is there any type of liquid or sort of thing that will speed up this "reaction?"
Overall this was awesome, but there needs to be more answers to this because I have tons more questions :) This was a cool article! :) XD :D
Its so crazy that when your fingers are shriveled up, they have better grip on things. I think that its amazing that the brain realizes that you are wet and might have to pick up or touch things that are wet. I agree with Chloe about why hands don't shrivel up instantaneously. Overall, I enjoyed this article very much. I also agree with Nick, it definitely made me think. Rate: A-
9 comments:
This is really cool. It is amazing how pruney fingers gives you a better grip on wet stuff. I think it is cool how the brain realizes that you are in a wet environment like when you are in a pool, you might need to pick up wet things. Of course, when you are in a pool, you do not always need to pick up wet things. But I love that the brain can do that. A lot of times when I read these kinds of articles about the brain and I wonder how much the brain can do I do not know. I also think how much the brain does that seems useless, like having wrinkled fingers, that is useful. This was a great article, that not only had some good content, but it really made me think.
This is pretty cool. I always thought that prunie fingers were just ugly and disgusting. Now, I can move object from wet to dry areas after the pool with ease. When you are in a pool with sinkie toys, it will be easier after you have been in the pool for a while, than when you first get in the pool. Of course, this skill can only be useful when you are in the pool or when you are doing dishes or something. This article made me thing of something gross and disgusting as a cool trick to picking up things faster.
I think that this is really cool. I always thought it was shriveling up because the water would dehydrate my skin. I know it doesn't really make sense, but that was the only thing I could come up with. I think this is really interesting that our skin does that for us. But why does it only do it when it is in water for a long period of time? Why doesn't it shrivel up when we are in water for 5-10 minutes? And does it affect us in a bad way? Overall I thought this article was really cool, and it had a lot of information.
This is Chloe
I always wondered why your fingers got pruney in the water for a long time and what it meant. Now I understand according to the 2011 study that it might help us get a grip on wet things better. I think it might be true because our fingers look like shoe or tire grooves and that might help moving wet/ slippery objects since our dry fingers work better for dry objects it make just as much sense as our wet fingers working for wet objects.
This was kind of disturbing, but really interesting. I always wondered what the purpose of wrinkling skin was. I would like to try this sometime.
If you are doing the dishes, and need to grasp the wet dishes, would wrinkly fingers help you? People wear gloves sometimes to protect their hands from the hot water, but since they are rubber gloves, I would assume that those would be better for protecting your skin, AND for gripping the dishes. This article kind of confused me, but it was an interesting concept. I would like to learn more about this :)
This is quite interesting. I didn't know that wrinkled hands could actually help you. Why is it that our hands shrivel up in water, and then a couple minutes after you get out, they are back to normal again. Could this change the way that we do things? Will people play sports differently so that they can get a better grip on a ball? I know that they are dry objects but maybe for water polo. Or you test it on baseball. Anyway, I think that this is really cool. I though that the water was somehow taking oils form your skin or something. I don't really know. I just think that this is something that is really interesting and it gets you wondering why scientists didn't come out with this earlier.
This is so cool! I agree with Chloe, I always thought my hands would shrivel up because the water would dehydrate my skin. I think it's amazing at how the brain works. I mean, I never would have guessed that pruney fingers give you a better grip on wet things. Overall, I give this informative article an A.
I think this is awesome! I never really thought that pruney fingers were gross... I thought that this article was very useful, because on summer days at home, I usually literally spend the whole entire day in the pool either with family or friends. My fingers always get this way but I think that this really is amazing! I have a few questions though:
1. If our fingers crinkle up in water, why don't they do it in air or other substances?
2. Is this good for our body or not?
3. Like Chloe said, why does it only do it when we are in water for a long period of time? Is there any type of liquid or sort of thing that will speed up this "reaction?"
Overall this was awesome, but there needs to be more answers to this because I have tons more questions :)
This was a cool article!
:) XD :D
Its so crazy that when your fingers are shriveled up, they have better grip on things. I think that its amazing that the brain realizes that you are wet and might have to pick up or touch things that are wet. I agree with Chloe about why hands don't shrivel up instantaneously. Overall, I enjoyed this article very much. I also agree with Nick, it definitely made me think. Rate: A-
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