...not sure if this has been posted already
[http://health.yahoo.com/topic/relat...429-000001;_ylt=AnHZdhp.REtBLymw9rkWxWNLvs8F]
[http://health.yahoo.com/topic/relat...429-000001;_ylt=AnHZdhp.REtBLymw9rkWxWNLvs8F]
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interesting article I just found....
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For those who do not want to read through the whole ar-tickle, here is the part WE are interested in . . .
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The Benefits of Laughter
Provided by: PsychologyToday
Last Updated: April 29, 2003
One of the best ways to stimulate laughter--and it's probably the most ancient way--is by tickling. Tickling is inherently social; we can't tickle ourselves. We tickle to get a response. Or to entice ticklee to turn around and become tickler.
Not only do most people like tickling--ticklers as well as ticklees--most recognize it is a way to show affection. What's more, adolescents and adults prefer to be tickled by someone of the opposite sex.
Tickling is probably at the root of all play and it is inherently reciprocal, a give-and-take proposition. In other words, it exactly represents the basic rhythm of all healthy relationships. Not to mention is triggers sexual excitation in adults.
But tickling declines dramatically in middle age. People begin a gradual "tactile disengagement," reports Dr. Provine. Tickle, touch, and play, so critically intertwined, all go into retreat, although these behaviors are at the root of our emotional being.
So the next time you have an argument with your mate, don't walk out of the room and slam the door. Try tickling your partner instead. (Most ticklish areas, in descending order: underarms, waist, ribs, feet, knees, throat, neck, palms.)
It won't make problems go away. But it can set the stage for tackling them together.
Copyright © 1991-2006 Sussex Publishers. All rights reserved.
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The Benefits of Laughter
Provided by: PsychologyToday
Last Updated: April 29, 2003
One of the best ways to stimulate laughter--and it's probably the most ancient way--is by tickling. Tickling is inherently social; we can't tickle ourselves. We tickle to get a response. Or to entice ticklee to turn around and become tickler.
Not only do most people like tickling--ticklers as well as ticklees--most recognize it is a way to show affection. What's more, adolescents and adults prefer to be tickled by someone of the opposite sex.
Tickling is probably at the root of all play and it is inherently reciprocal, a give-and-take proposition. In other words, it exactly represents the basic rhythm of all healthy relationships. Not to mention is triggers sexual excitation in adults.
But tickling declines dramatically in middle age. People begin a gradual "tactile disengagement," reports Dr. Provine. Tickle, touch, and play, so critically intertwined, all go into retreat, although these behaviors are at the root of our emotional being.
So the next time you have an argument with your mate, don't walk out of the room and slam the door. Try tickling your partner instead. (Most ticklish areas, in descending order: underarms, waist, ribs, feet, knees, throat, neck, palms.)
It won't make problems go away. But it can set the stage for tackling them together.
Copyright © 1991-2006 Sussex Publishers. All rights reserved.
