Because of their superficial location in the dermis, these corpuscles are particularly sensitive to touch and vibrations, but for the same reasons, they are limited in their detection because they can only signal that something is touching the skin.
Debido á súa localización superficial na derme, estes corpúsculos son particularmente sensibles ao tacto e vibracións, pero, pola mesma razón, están limitados a informar só de que algo está tocando a pel.