NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fisher-Price® Friends {a division of Fisher-Price, Inc., a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc. (NYSE: MAT) and Sesame Street announce a fun way for Elmo fans to “get tickled” through ...

The human response to being tickled is really danged weird. When someone pokes another someone just so, the result is often spontaneous, uncontrollable laughter. This response is known as gargalesis, ...

Elmo’s Tickle Hands are a pair of big, red, fluffy, four- fingered gloves that provide an extra pair of hands (sort of) to help little ones entertain themselves wherever they roam. One of the two ...

Berlin-based researchers who tickled rats for the sake of science say tickling, induces a “primitive form of joy” in animals, according to neurobiologist Shimpei Ishiyama of Humboldt University.

Trapped between uncontrollable laughter and excruciating discomfort, it's difficult to decide when being tickled: do I like this or not? But why doesn't this happen if we tickle ourselves? New ...