Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

Does anyone have any information on male's sensitivity to objects (with their fingertips or hands) verse females sensitivity.

i'm doing a project that involves Braille and i need some direction to studys on the difference between male and females, to see if one hand is noteable more soft and can sense things more easily, for example.

Lil Papa,

I do not know the answer to your question. However, you could add a step to your procedure to test for variances in the sensitivity of the hands of males vs females.