A more developed two-point tactile discrimination :-a- indicates a greater threshold distance for feeling of two points of touch applied simultaneously b- is seen in the proximal regions of the body compared with the distal regionsc- is inversely related to the size of the receptive fields of the stimulated sensory unitsd- depends upon the type of the involved touch receptor

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