I was surprised the first time I saw someone transform into a tickle monster. They curled up their fingers and rhythmically poked someone else’s armpits. I asked my friend John Wright about it. He’s a ...

“I have a bunch of weapons if you want to use them,” Ryan said, reaching inside the black drawstring bag. He pulled out a hairbrush. “Weaponry” in the world of tickling meant things like hairbrushes, ...

How come you can't tickle yourself? And why can some people handle tickling perfectly fine while others scream their heads off? Neuroscientists argue that we should take tickle research more seriously ...

Tickling can make you laugh and squirm, but why? Here's the science behind knismesis and gargalesis, and why you can't tickle yourself. There are two kinds of tickles. Knismesis is a soft, gentle kind ...

Scientists have developed a new method to probe the long-standing mystery of how tickling works, an advance that could have big implications for our understanding of brain development. Humans have ...

Scientists have developed a new method to investigate the long-standing mystery of how tickling works, an advance that could have big implications for our understanding of brain development. Humans ...

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 ...