Whether it's your armpits, ribs or soles of your feet, the experience of ticklishness is common to almost every person on Earth. Research is yet to deliver a satisfying answer as to what causes this ...

Why do we only laugh when someone else tickles us? Why can't I tickle myself? Here's what science has to say: Your question touches on one of the great mysteries of the human mind. No joke. Our ...

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Tickle a rat and it will jump for joy, gleefully squeak and beg for more. In addition to describing these delightful reactions to a tickling hand, a new study identifies nerve cells in the brain that ...

Need a good laugh? The feeling is pretty universal, according to researchers who tickled rats for the sake of science. When the animals received a 10-second tickle from a gloved hand, they responded ...

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"Tickling the rat" has got to be a euphemism for something. But it's also a way of studying the neurobiology of depression. At least that's what Wöhr et al say in a new paper. They started from the ...

April 13 (UPI) --A science museum in Canada is responsible for causing nightmares for many of its Twitter followers after sharing video of a furless Tickle Me Elmo. The Canada Science and Technology ...

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