Researchers make a ticklishness body map
Whether it’s the belly, armpits, or feet, many people are ticklish at least somewhere on their body. Nevertheless, scientists have paid little attention to the silly sensation. As such, two researchers took it upon themselves to investigate the experience, and discovered that it is no laughing matter. Ziliang Xiong and Konstantina Kilteni, from the neuroscience department at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, investigated the experience of getting tickled as well as the distribution
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