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Are baby girls more sensitive to touch than baby boys?
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Are baby girls more sensitive to touch than baby boys?
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Yes, girls are more sensitive to touch.
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No, boys and girls have the same sensitivity to touch.
Yes, girls are more sensitive to touch.
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Excerpts from Brain Sex
At a few hours old girls are more sensitive than boys to touch.
Excerpts from Brain Sex
Tests between the sexes of tactile sensitivity in the hands and fingers produce differences so striking that sometimes male and female scores do not even overlap, the most sensitive boy feeling less than the least sensitive girl.
Excerpts from Brain Sex
At a few hours old girls are more sensitive than boys to touch.
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By most measures of sensory and cognitive development, girls are slightly more advanced: vision, hearing, memory, smell, and touch are all more acute in female than male infants.