Abstract
It is said that the hand is an agency of the brain. It reflects activities of the brain and thereby it is a sort of mirror to the mind. It is the hand that is the most intriguing and most human of appendages.
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(2008). Characterisations of Human Hands. In: Control Theory of Multi-fingered Hands. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-063-6_1
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