RISE and L’Oréal R&I reach a major milestone in the understanding how tactile acuity decreases with age
The quality of life of an aging population is increasingly important. How the touch sense is affected by age is relatively unknown today. A multidisciplinary team of researchers from RISE Research Institutes of Sweden and L’Oréal Research and Innovation have therefore developed a specific method allowing measurement and understanding of the reasons for reduced tactile acuity with age. A reason for impaired quality of life is the fact that our senses deteriorate with age.We are aware of declined vision and hearing, and we compensate with spectacles and hearing aids.A less well understood