Why are some people ticklish while others aren't?

[sunndoggy8]

well why?

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[CYYYFYYY]

Because some are and some
aren't.... that simple.....


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[HordeKing1]

Interesting question and one that is generating a great deal of psychological research.

Why is anyone ticklish? One interesting theroy is that people with great sensativity to ticklish sensations may have had an evolutionary advantage over those who aren't. For example, a person who feels tickled when a scorpion crosses his bare foot, is more likely to survive and reproduce than someone who does not have this sensitivity.

Tickling has both biological and environmental influences. It certainly is a nuerological response but it's not involuntary. A person cannot tickle himself (but can elicit the knee jerk reflex).

People's sensativity to being tickled has a great deal to do with the person doing the tickling. When a stranger tickles us, our brain perceives it as an attack. This makes sense - the places commonly tickled are under the arms, in the stomach or sides.

However, when we're tickled by someone we know and trust and we are confident that they will not hurt us we laugh. In other words, something we thought might be a threat no longer is, so it becomes funny.




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[TheGameHHH]

I'm ticklish. Wow, isn't that a funny word, ticklish. Just say it like 10 times in a row, you'll know what I'm talking about.

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[CruelCircus]

Interesting question and one that is generating a great deal of psychological research.

Can't we find more productive uses of our funding dollar?!
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[HordeKing1]

Our tax dollars are also funding projects such as the multi-generational attempt to design a cover you can judge a book by.

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[Circus Boy]

i am ticklish everywhere..i'm ultra sensitve..i can even tickle myself..on the roofof my mouth

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