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  2. Chalkboard scraping - Wikipedia

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    In contrast, humans are less averse to the white noise than to scraping. [4] A 1986 study used a tape-recording of a three-pronged garden tool similar to a fork being "grided" across a chalkboard, which roughly reproduces the sound of fingernails on chalkboard. The recording was then manipulated, removing pitches at the extremities and the median.

  3. Signs and symptoms of Parkinson's disease - Wikipedia

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    It is a pronation–supination tremor that is described as "pill-rolling"; that is, the index finger of the hand tends to get into contact with the thumb, and they perform a circular movement together. [1] [2] Such term was given due to the similarity of the movement in PD patients with the former pharmaceutical technique of manually making ...

  4. Gerstmann syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Generally, children with the disorder exhibit poor handwriting and spelling skills, and difficulty with math functions, including adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing. An inability to differentiate right from left and to discriminate among individual fingers may also be apparent.

  5. Finger agnosia - Wikipedia

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    Finger agnosia, first defined in 1924 by Josef Gerstmann, is the loss in the ability to distinguish, name, or recognize the fingers—not only the patient's own fingers, but also the fingers of others, and drawings and other representations of fingers. [1]

  6. Joint cracking - Wikipedia

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    For many decades, the physical mechanism that causes the cracking sound as a result of bending, twisting, or compressing joints was uncertain. Suggested causes included: Cavitation within the joint—small cavities of partial vacuum form in the synovial fluid and then rapidly collapse, producing a sharp sound. [7] [8] Rapid stretching of ...

  7. Hand arm vibrations - Wikipedia

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    HAVS, also known as vibration white finger (VWF) or dead finger, [1] is a secondary form of Raynaud's syndrome, an industrial injury triggered by continuous use of vibrating hand-held machinery. Use of the term vibration white finger has generally been superseded in professional usage by broader concept of HAVS, although it is still used by the ...

  8. Alien hand syndrome - Wikipedia

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    In contrast, in the posterior variant, tactile contact on the ventral surface of the palm and fingers is actively avoided through facilitation of extension of the fingers and withdrawal of the palm in a negative feedback loop (i.e. the stimulus, and even anticipation of stimulation of the palmar surface of the hand, generates movement of the ...

  9. List of gestures - Wikipedia

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    Cossogam involves putting the fingers to the right or left of the shinbone for the first or second aicmi, and across it diagonally or straight for the third or fourth aicmi. One finger is used for the first letter, two for the second, and so on. Sronogam involves the same procedure with the ridge of the nose. Placing the finger straight across ...