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An experiment to determine how sensitive different areas of the skin is.
An experiment to determine how sensitive different areas of the skin is I have decided to investigate this experiment by using two fine pencils and pushing them gently onto the surface of my volunteer's skin. The pencils will be new because sharpening them can make a difference to the experiment, and may therefore lead to an unfair test. My volunteer will be asked whether they feel one pencil or two. My pencils will be put randomly i.e. sometimes, the two pencils will be further apart, but gradually, I will move the points together until they can only detect one, even though I may be pressing two. My volunteer will be blind folded so they are not able to see what they are doing, which could subconsciously influence their choice. Since certain areas of the skin have a greater concentration of sense organs than others, I have chosen to do my experiment on specific parts of the body. One of the main areas I have decided to conduct my experiment is on the fingertips. Since they have a large number of touch organs, they will be particularly sensitive to touch (we are aware of this sensation because a nerve impulse is sent to the brain when the nerve endings receive a stimulus). Other testing areas I have chosen include the back of the hand, the back of the neck and the cheek. HOW THE EXPERIMENT WILL BE CONDUCTED: My volunteer will be asked to sit down and will be blind
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