Tickling Facts?

[wishfoot88]

hi
i was researching tickling out of boredom and found out that technically, tickling is a type of pain.
i was wondering,
does anyone else know any strange facts about tickling??

 

[-Hari-]

I have no idea, but based on asumption that sounds about right. Pain is there to warn us that something is happening to us, its a natural defence. as far as im aware, tickling is an extention of that.

as for other facts, hm, il get back to you 🙂


Hari

 

[Sandrock74]

I have discovered that every female I have ever met absoluely HATES to be tickled. Not a one of them enjoys it on any level.

What fun facts have you discovered?

 

[wishfoot88]

I have discovered that every female I have ever met absoluely HATES to be tickled. Not a one of them enjoys it on any level.

What fun facts have you discovered?

another thing is that you can't tickle yourself because the sensation of a tickle is a defense reaction. it signifies something on you body.
your brain will always know where your fingers or feathers will be on the body.

 

[-Hari-]

your brain will always know where your fingers or feathers will be on the body.

Sit on your hand for an hour or so and give it another try 😉

 

[GEORGIATKLER]

SIMON DE MONTFORT WAS REALLY A 'LEE.................

TICKLING TASTES LIKE CHICKEN. 😉 I READ THAT TICKLING AND ITCHING TRAVEL THE SAME NERVE PATHS AS PAIN. PAIN OF COURSE HAS A HIGHER EVOLVED IMPORTANCE/PRIORITY AND WILL OVERRIDE THE OTHER TWO. SCRATCHING(MINOR PAIN) OVERCOMES AN ITCH. I GUESS THAT IS WHY IT IS SO TROUBLESOME TO TICKLE A PAIN IN THE ASS.

 

[totally_evil]

another thing is that you can't tickle yourself because the sensation of a tickle is a defense reaction. it signifies something on you body.
your brain will always know where your fingers or feathers will be on the body.

Ummmmmm, that's not true. I know enough people who can tickle themselves, as well as being able to tickle myself enough times to know that's not completely true.

 

[wishfoot88]

Ummmmmm, that's not true. I know enough people who can tickle themselves, as well as being able to tickle myself enough times to know that's not completely true.

that is a sure sign of being lucky😀.................

 

[Marquis De Sade]

After doing stupid amounts of research for my last story, here are some facts:

The areas of the cerebral cortex associated with the sensation of touch (which is the somatonsensory cortex), and the pleasure center of the brain (the anterior cingulate cortex), react much more suddenly to a tickling stimulus delivered by an external agent.

There are some spelling errors in there, I'm sure, but I can't be arsed right now to spellcheck.

In short, depending on how the touch is delivered (nice, quiet, dark room with some lit candles - your sig other gently strokes the back of your neck or whatever), makes you feel good. That same person in the same setting starts to tickle you - it also makes you feel good but a whole lot faster and all at once. And, since pleasure is along the same lines of pain, it makes sense that a lot of people react too fast depending on the setting and mood, to be able to tell the two apart - hence, they dislike it automatically.

 

[tklee88]

Sit on your hand for an hour or so and give it another try 😉

Does that really work?!?!?!?!?!

 

[Ticklish9's]

Ummmmmm, that's not true. I know enough people who can tickle themselves, as well as being able to tickle myself enough times to know that's not completely true.

I can't tickle myself at anywhere near the level someone else can tickle me, but I've definitely been able to tickle myself into a bit of squirmyness in the past.

 

[Skipadeedoodah]

Here's a few I found...

It is unknown why certain areas of the body are more ticklish than others.

Men and women are just as "ticklish". But a few studies suggest that, if either, men may be slightly more ticklish than women.

You cannot tickle yourself. If you try, you will not succeed since there is no surprise or lack of control in the stimulation. But a few studies dispute this as well.

85 per cent of adults in some way or another enjoy being tickled, tickling others, or watching others being tickled.

Tickling was used as a torture by the ancient Romans.

Tickling is used in sexual fetishism where it is known as "tickle torture".

Research by Dr Sarah-Jayne Blakemore of the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience in London found that robotic arms used to tickle people are just as effective as human arms.

Research by Dr D S Bennett of the Integrative Treatment Centres in Denver established that the tickling response is well established by four months of age.

Research headed by Dr M Blagrove from the University of Wales in Swansea shows that the normal tickling response may be absent in those with schizophrenia.

 

[Artoo]

I heard somewhere that we evolved to become ticklish, as it was an adequete way of training us to defend ourselves in a primitive society (in essence; tickling is a form of physical attack, without the pain, but distasteful enough to provoke a devensive reaction).

I'll try and find the link and post it.