Children with Asperger's also had abnormal index-to-ring finger ratios, though less so than full-blown autistics.

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When you perform certain gestures with your hand--such as touching your thumb to your index finger in the "okay" sign--there are electrical signals associated with that gesture that pass through the nerves in your upper arm as they carry commands from your brain to your hand.

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The main control surface is wide enough, in fact, that we could comfortably put three fingers on the top of the mouse, using the middle to control the mouse wheel and DPI sensitivity adjustment rocker (a nice touch in and of itself) without ever moving our index and ring finger from the all-important trigger buttons.

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Villa was in the team despite sustaining a hairline fracture of his right index finger while celebrating the first of his hat-trick goals against Russia, and the Sweden defense kept him under wraps until the 38th minute, when Isaksson had to stop a low shot.

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Australia were grateful to England skipper Andrew Strauss after he allowed the tourists to make a late change to their line-up when wicketkeeper Brad Haddin injured his left index finger while warming up.

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The newer, thinner Kindle seems more interested in wowing customers with its iPod-like exterior than in comfortably filling the space between an index finger and a thumb.

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