If you use your feet like hands from birth, the brain will create a different "map" of the toes that's more like the one it has for the fingers, new research reveals. That's the case with Tom Yendell ...

Two artists who paint with their toes have unusual neural footprints in their brains. Individual toes each take over discrete territory, creating a well-organized “toe map,” researchers report ...

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For people born with hands, there’s a map in the brain that corresponds to each one. And that map is detailed, including a dedicated region for each finger. When a finger touches something, those ...

These two artists do everything with their feet. A new study found that their brain views their toes similarly to fingers. By Francie Diep Ask Tom Yendell how he learned to eat, use a computer, place ...

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Researchers at University College London, in the UK, have discovered that the brains of artists who paint with their feet have specialized areas linked to each individual toe. That makes them ...