New study reveals humans have a ‘remote touch’ ability to detect hidden objects

According to the new research, humans can detect objects buried in sand without directly touching them. Representation pIC/istock

Research has found that humans can detect objects buried in sand without directly touching them. The discovery challenges the long-held belief that touch is limited to physical contact. Touch has always been seen as a sense confined to surfaces our skin can reach.

But the latest study shows otherwise. Participants were asked to move their fingers gently through sand to find a cube hidden beneath the surface, without touching it first. Remarkably, they could locate the buried object with significant accuracy.

The results suggest that humans share a "remote touch" ability similar to certain birds. Shorebirds like sandpipers and plovers use this sense to detect prey beneath the sand by sensing subtle mechanical vibrations. The study also found that humans can detect such cues through minute displacements in sand that reflect off hidden objects.

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