TY - JOUR AU - Shimomura, Yoshihiro AU - Ohsawa, Takeaki AU - Shimura, Megumi AU - Xia, Yali AU - Iwanaga, Koichi AU - Katsuura, Tetsuo PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05/04 TI - What is the significance of the traditional pinching mode of holding chopsticks? JO - Journal of Physiological Anthropology SP - 13 VL - 39 IS - 1 AB - The purpose of this study was to clarify the influence of manipulation mode of chopsticks on the learning process, using assessment of task performance and electromyography, and to understand the significance of the traditional manipulation mode from the viewpoint of physiological anthropology. Previous studies have described two modes of manipulating chopsticks, the traditional pincers-pinching mode and the scissors-pinching mode. SN - 1880-6805 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40101-020-00223-z DO - 10.1186/s40101-020-00223-z ID - Shimomura2020 ER -