Fetish videos, character assassination and legal threats are just the tip of the bizarro iceberg when filmmakers uncover the predatory secrets behind an online entity. By Sheri Linden Senior Copy ...

The 2016 documentary Tickled explores competitive tickling and its link to David D’Amato. In New Zealand, television reporter ...

Filmmakers of a doc about competitive endurance tickling videos are in hot water — -- Competitive endurance tickling. Not only is it a real thing, but there’s a market for videos of people being ...

It is a well-known fact that you can't tickle yourself. Now researchers from the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience in Berlin have found out why. The study, published in the journal ...

Inside a Berlin neuroscience lab one day last year, Subject 1 sat on a chair with their arms up and their bare toes pointed down. Hiding behind them, with full access to the soles of their feet, was ...

Remember the back tickles you loved as a kid, the black magic your mom used to put you straight to sleep? How about the times you almost dozed off while someone played with your hair? Are you relaxed ...

The mere mention of the word “tickle” can elicit a variety of reactions. For one person, tickling can represent play, while it can be the source of a sexual response for another, and for some, it has ...

In the wonderful world of sexuality, nearly anything is possible. Almost anything can be sexually arousing to someone, somewhere. We’re complex creatures, us humans, and our ability to use our ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Parents often use tickling as a playful way to lighten a child’s mood. In Brianna Gaskill’s Purdue University lab, scientists do the same thing, only with rats. Gaskill, an ...

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 ...