sapphireglimmer
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Kalamos said:I don't know how much credit we can give to stories of tickling used in interrogations.
It would make sense, since torture was legally allowed, mandatory even, when dealing with slaves.
You wouldn't want to shred your chambermaid or a well-read secretary to ribbons for something minor as a misplaced pendant, so tickling could enter the picture.
But it's not something you readily find in academic libraries...
So I have to stand neutral on that. 😉
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This Insabato guy, on the other hand, wrote a whole essay, telling how he got these inmates, had them restrained on beds, and went on to tickle them, jotting down their reactions.
His whole aim was demonstrating that madmen [and madwomen], being such, reacted in a weird fashion to tickling as well as to other physical stimuli.
The research isn't without credit, but he tried that on too small a number of subjects - in particular he only used two "normal" assistants as a basis to compare inmates' ticklishness with.
All in all, he seemed more sadistic than really concerned about neural conditions.
How old is this study? If I know anything about psychology, it's history isn't very pretty with their "studies" and "remedies" (ice baths, anyone?). From what I've read and have been told by other psychology majors, most of the studies were conducted in a sadistic nature.



