Scooping, pouring, squeezing, and playing with icy materials encourages fine motor development and tactile sensory exploration. Kids learn concepts like wet/dry, cold/hot, rough/smooth ...

Though it seems simple, feeling that something is wet is quite a feat because ... the role of A-nerve fibers -- sensory nerves that carry temperature and tactile information from the skin to ...

Photo: Flickr/martinak15At first glance, this may seem like a completely moronic question. I mean, wet stuff feels wet because... well, it's wet. Duh! But when you stop to think more deeply about it ...

Many have developed a similar strategy: a vigorous, full-body shaking motion that researchers have dubbed “wet dog shakes ... Finally, researchers traced the pathway that conducted these sensory ...