Researchers measure the tickle response in humans and provide a theory on why people cannot tickle themselves
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10 October 2022Researchers measure the tickle response in humans and provide a theory on why people cannot tickle themselves
A team of researchers working at Humboldt-Universität in Berlin, has measured several aspects of the tickle response in humans and has developed a theory to explain why humans cannot tickle themselves. In their paper published in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, the group describes studying physical reactions to tickling in several volunteers.
