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An experiment to determine how sensitive different areas of the skin is.
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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...
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