This is a question I have always wondered about but never really researched it. But, now that I actually did, I found out that our brain is trained to know what actions you make. For example when you touch yourself unknowingly, you don't get scared because your brain knows it is you because your brain controls all the actions. But, if someone else touches you unkowingly, normal people would get frightened. This is why you cannot tickle yourself.
When I read through this article, I wasn't surprised at all. I think that I would've said the same thing as this article mentioned, just in my own words. This article states that, "It's the moment that you least expect to be tickled and are that causes you to feel extremely uneasy and panicked, which leads to the most intense ticklish feeling." This article also explains how students from London discovered that the cerebellum, located in our brain, prevents us from "self-tickling." This article also mentions how we get a ticklish feeling because we feel "panicked" and don't expect it, but when we tickle ourselves, our brain already commands us to perform this but the cerebellum stops us from tickling ourselves and also we expect it to happen, as stated on the second website. ................................... My links: http://health.howstuffworks.com/human-nature/emotions/other/question511.htm
The reason why we can't tickle ourselves is because the cerebellum detects self-inflicted touch ahead of time and tells the rest of the brain to ignore the resulting sensation. In my own words, this means the cerebellum detects if you are trying to tickle yourself, spoiling the fun.
The only way scientists can learn this is because they conducted study on 16 volunteers brains using a robotic machine that surprised them and a robotic machine that the volunteers controlled. After the study was over, the results showed that the machine that surprised the volunteers tickled them, while when they controlled the machine they were not tickled.
I was also wondering what would happen if you told somebody to tickle you, would you get tickled or not? I couldn't find and information on that, but if you find any information on it Pippin please tell me. Thanks!
We can't tickle our selves because there's a part in our cerebellum that controls our movement. When someone tickles us, we feel uneasy and feel the panic, so we laugh. But our cerebellum recognizes that when we tickle ourselves, we don't feel uneasy and feel the panic.
We cannot tickle ourselves because the brain knows it is coming. The brain picks up on the motion of your hand and prevents the sensation we know as being tickled. Although when someone else does it, we do not know it is coming so the brain can't prepare its self for it
Why can't we tickle ourselves? This is one thing I have always wondered about. When other people tickle us, it is unexpected, causing you to feel panicky and uneasy, making you laugh. However, when you tickle yourself, our brains is prepared for the contact. Scientists believe that a part of the brain, the cerebellum, is what prevents self-tickling. The cerebellum distinguishes expected sensations form unexpected sensations. Self-tickling is an expected sensation, therefore you don't laugh when you tickle yourself.
When someone else tickle you, you end up luaghing. This is a natrual reaction. This reactions puts you in a panic mode, and your brain thinks some insect is crawling on you, giving you a chill throughout your body. But the reason why we can't tickle ourselves is still a little unknown. But it is said that the brain is trained to know how it feels when your body moves. Since we are not aware of a lot of sensations in our body, we cant tickle ourselves. Also, the cerebellum, a part of your brain that monitors movement, prevents us from self-tickling. It can feel unexpected and expected movements. Since you expect the ticklish feeling when self-tickling, you don't get that chill in your body.
Have you ever tried to tickle yourself? Have you found that you can't do this? There is no exact explanation for how this is possible, but there are a few guesses out there. One guess that I found was that when you are tickled your body doesn't know what is happeniong and reacts by outbursting in uncontrollable laughter. When you tickle yourself your body knows that you are moving and is bracing for impact, stopping you from laughing. I believe this explains your question.
Link : http://health.howstuffworks.com/human-nature/emotions/other/question511.htm
You can tickle yourself, but it doesn't have the same effect because you are expecting it. This is because of a part of your brain called the cerebellum. The cerebellum can distinguish someone expected from something unexpected. So if you tickle yourself, you know it's coming, and it wouldn't put you in a fit of uncontrollable laughter. Like it might if someone else tickles you.
This is a question I have always wondered about but never really researched it. But, now that I actually did, I found out that our brain is trained to know what actions you make. For example when you touch yourself unknowingly, you don't get scared because your brain knows it is you because your brain controls all the actions. But, if someone else touches you unkowingly, normal people would get frightened. This is why you cannot tickle yourself.
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When I read through this article, I wasn't surprised at all. I think that I would've said the same thing as this article mentioned, just in my own words. This article states that, "It's the moment that you least expect to be tickled and are that causes you to feel extremely uneasy and panicked, which leads to the most intense ticklish feeling." This article also explains how students from London discovered that the cerebellum, located in our brain, prevents us from "self-tickling." This article also mentions how we get a ticklish feeling because we feel "panicked" and don't expect it, but when we tickle ourselves, our brain already commands us to perform this but the cerebellum stops us from tickling ourselves and also we expect it to happen, as stated on the second website.
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http://health.howstuffworks.com/human-nature/emotions/other/question511.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/2006/1585716.htm
The reason why we can't tickle ourselves is because the cerebellum detects self-inflicted touch ahead of time and tells the rest of the brain to ignore the resulting sensation. In my own words, this means the cerebellum detects if you are trying to tickle yourself, spoiling the fun.
ReplyDeleteThe only way scientists can learn this is because they conducted study on 16 volunteers brains using a robotic machine that surprised them and a robotic machine that the volunteers controlled. After the study was over, the results showed that
the machine that surprised the volunteers tickled them, while when they controlled the machine they were not tickled.
I was also wondering what would happen if you told somebody to tickle you, would you get tickled or not? I couldn't find and information on that, but if you find any information on it Pippin please tell me. Thanks!
Here is where I got my information from:
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2000/09/11/tickle000911.html
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We can't tickle our selves because there's a part in our cerebellum that controls our movement. When someone tickles us, we feel uneasy and feel the panic, so we laugh. But our cerebellum recognizes that when we tickle ourselves, we don't feel uneasy and feel the panic.
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We cannot tickle ourselves because the brain knows it is coming. The brain picks up on the motion of your hand and prevents the sensation we know as being tickled. Although when someone else does it, we do not know it is coming so the brain can't prepare its self for it
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Why can't we tickle ourselves? This is one thing I have always wondered about. When other people tickle us, it is unexpected, causing you to feel panicky and uneasy, making you laugh. However, when you tickle yourself, our brains is prepared for the contact. Scientists believe that a part of the brain, the cerebellum, is what prevents self-tickling. The cerebellum distinguishes expected sensations form unexpected sensations. Self-tickling is an expected sensation, therefore you don't laugh when you tickle yourself.
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When someone else tickle you, you end up luaghing. This is a natrual reaction. This reactions puts you in a panic mode, and your brain thinks some insect is crawling on you, giving you a chill throughout your body. But the reason why we can't tickle ourselves is still a little unknown. But it is said that the brain is trained to know how it feels when your body moves. Since we are not aware of a lot of sensations in our body, we cant tickle ourselves. Also, the cerebellum, a part of your brain that monitors movement, prevents us from self-tickling. It can feel unexpected and expected movements. Since you expect the ticklish feeling when self-tickling, you don't get that chill in your body.
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ReplyDeleteHave you ever tried to tickle yourself? Have you found that you can't do this? There is no exact explanation for how this is possible, but there are a few guesses out there. One guess that I found was that when you are tickled your body doesn't know what is happeniong and reacts by outbursting in uncontrollable laughter. When you tickle yourself your body knows that you are moving and is bracing for impact, stopping you from laughing. I believe this explains your question.
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http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/2006/1585716.htm
ReplyDeleteThis website have the information about how we can't tickle.Most have sweat so they can't themself
You can tickle yourself, but it doesn't have the same effect because you are expecting it. This is because of a part of your brain called the cerebellum. The cerebellum can distinguish someone expected from something unexpected. So if you tickle yourself, you know it's coming, and it wouldn't put you in a fit of uncontrollable laughter. Like it might if someone else tickles you.
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Well sometimes people tell me they will tickle me and tickle it still tickles me. lol!
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