The Science of “the Giggle”: Why Laboratory Rats Love Being Tickled

If you think laughter and comedy are reserved strictly for humans, you’d be wrong. A study in the late 1990s showed that creatures like rats emit ultrasonic vocalizations while playing with or ...
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Researchers Tickle Rats For Science (Honest) To Identify Play Centre Of Brain

Beccy holds a PhD in Biological Science, a Master’s in Molecular Biology of Parasites and Disease Vectors, and a Bachelor’s in Human Biology and Forensic Science. Beccy holds a PhD in Biological ...
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Scientists tickle rats to learn about brain activity during play

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The tickling enigma: Why we still don't know how it works after 2,000 years

How come you can't tickle yourself? And why can some people handle tickling perfectly fine while others scream their heads off? Neuroscientist Konstantina Kilteni from the Donders Institute argues in ...