Understanding how and why we laugh when tickled could help us understand more about the brain. – via healthing_ca neuroscience healthnews healthing
Studies indicate exercise may help improve the the links in the nervous system between separate brain areas, improving brain health.In all cases, participants reported that they were less ticklish when they were also tickling themselves. During the first experiment, people laughed after about 70 per cent of touches — but that dropped by about 25 per cent when they were also tickling themselves.
But it’s not clear why. It could be that part of what makes us laugh when we get tickled by someone else is that it’s unpredictable — the spontaneity of where, when and how we’re touched may have something to do with the reaction. But Brecht told Wired he thinks it may be due to our brains essentially warning our bodies to feel less sensation when we touch ourselves.
“Tickling is the perfect naturalistic behaviour in which we can study the neuronal basis of learning and adaptation of the
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