Researchers have developed a new mechanical model that simulates how whiskers bend within a follicle in response to an external force, paving the way toward better understanding of how whiskers contribute to mammals’ sense of touch.
Yifu Luo and Mitra Hartmann of Northwestern University and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS Computational Biology.
With the exception of some primates, most mammals use whiskers to explore their environment through the sense of touch. [Read more…] about First-of-its-kind mechanical model simulates bending of mammalian whiskers