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Mechanical advantage is not invoked by additional cognitive load during multi-finger dexterous object manipulation

2025-10-22

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Everyday interactions with objects depend on keeping the grasped item in static equilibrium by effectively distributing the contact forces from the fingertips. The mechanical advantage hypothesis (MAH) proposes that the central nervous system (CNS) optimises the distribution of grasping forces by favouring fingers with longer moment arms. While existing research has established that the applicability of MAH is inf...

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Literature Corpus work: 281d6f57-3538-5056-a35c-a0b645d5e3b4
DOI: 10.1101/2025.10.21.683756

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