Saturday, March 21, 2009

How come I can easily tickle myself?

How come I can easily tickle myself?

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  1. Gargalesis, on the other hand, produces an odd phenomenon, when a person touches “ticklish” body parts on their own bodies, most people measure no tickling sensation. It is thought that the tickling requires a certain amount of surprise, and because tickling one’s self produces no unexpected motion on the skin, the response is not activated.[13] A recent analysis of the “self-tickle” response has been addressed using MRI technology. Blakemore and colleagues have investigated how the brain distinguishes between sensations we create for ourselves and sensations others create for us. When the subjects used a joystick to control a "tickling robot", they could not make themselves laugh. This suggested that when a person tries to tickle him- or herself, the cerebellum sends to the somatosensory cortex precise information on the position of the tickling target and therefore what sensation to expect. Apparently an unknown cortical mechanism then decreases or inhibits the tickling sensation.[21] A small percentage of people however, have found it possible to tickle themselves.You are one of the few, and you the famous saying:"With great power comes great responsibility!"So be careful with what you do with such outrageous abilities... Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tickle#Self...

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  2. because you have superhuman powers. (:

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