Why you can't tickle yourself, according to science

Berlin researchers have uncovered the secrets of tickle suppression.

It is a well-known fact that you can't tickle yourself. Now researchers from the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience in Berlin have found out why.

A file photo of someone having their feet tickled. The study found that tickling yourself while being tickled suppressed the overall tickle response."Tickling is the perfect naturalistic behavior in which we can study the neuronal basis of learning and adaptation of the Marina Davila-Ross, an expert in comparative psychology from the University of Portsmouth who was also not involved in the study, told Newsweek that this type of tickling is not unique to humans:"Gargalesis...can be seen across all kinds of mammals," she said.

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