I cannot tickle myself. Can you?
2007-10-14 05:29:42 · 4 answers · asked by BMW M5 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Scientist say that the laughter is a reflex of tickling, so they think it requires the element of surprise for psychological reactions. And since you know it's coming when you tickle yourself, you won't have that muscular or psychological reflex.
In other words, because the reaction to being tickled is half mental and half to do with the element of surprise. If you do it to yourself, your brain knows it is coming and so the nerves will be prepared for the contact.
2007-10-14 05:55:57 · answer #1 · answered by hello 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can though I don't try. We touch our own bodies day in a day out. We don't associate pleasure or displeasure from our own touch as much as from someone else's. Particularly if it is someone we like. Plus, it is much easier to control the power of our own touch, thereby not using the touch necessary to produce a tickling result.
2007-10-14 05:35:54 · answer #2 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
part of tickling is surprise. I is hard to sneak up on yourself.
This belongs in the category of questions like why can't you divide by zero, and just where do all those AWOL socks go to in the washer?
2007-10-14 06:59:37 · answer #3 · answered by greybeads 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can, only you won't feel it.
2007-10-14 05:40:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋