Alberto Cobo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Today the Spanish TV has given the following news: An English hospital >has discovered that the hands of the youths are having a mutation for >the constant movement of the thumb that presses the mobile telephone. >A doctor has said it in this TV, that it is similar to what happens >with the hands of the pianists who are gone conditioning the hand with >a flexibility and special adaptation with the help of practicing. > >I personally don't see the likeness. Better comparison should be with >the keyboards of computers. What do you say? I use the keyboard every single day, but have only noticed a increased facility in typing over time. I wouldn't say that the appearance of my hands has changed, except that sometimes I bite my nails in agonizing over what words to type.:) My guess is that a cell-user's thumb is better compared to a piano-player's hands because similar forces of the fingers are used; but it really depends on the exact nature of how the thumbs of these cell-users have changed. hector aguilar