Thanks for the question, Florence. The short answer is, we humans can’t tickle ourselves because we’ll already be expecting it. And a big part of what makes tickles ticklish is the element of surprise ...

, PhD, neurologist and neuroscientist at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif. The somatosensory cortex analyzes touch and the anterior cingulate cortex perceives pleasure. But ...

Tickle Kids: The laughter and cute antics of young children win everyone's hearts. Sometimes, people tickle them to cheer them up or make them laugh. We assume the child is enjoying themselves and ...

Laughter doesn’t always signal enjoyment, and “stop” should mean “stop.” By Jenny Marder When she was a young child, Ashley Austrew’s father would hold her down and tickle her so hard she felt ...

We typically think kids play with toys. In the 1990s, toys started playing back. There were already many toys that moved, lit up and made noise. In the 90s, companies increasingly made toys that were ...

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