Why Tickling Yourself is Impossible

Hey doc I love when some one body else tickles me, so how come I can tickle myself?

Dr. Charlotte Grayson: That's a great question and I am tickle to say I've got an answer for you, the reason you tickles when some one else tickles you, is that tickling catches you brain off guard, even if you see those fingers coming at you, you still laugh its kind of a nervous reaction. But you keep tickling yourself because the part of the brain called cerebellum is constantly moderate in what you are doing.

If you reach for what ever go tickle spot may be your brain knows exactly what your intentions are and it goes on guard, lacking those ticklish imposes.

But that's okay; if we tickle ourselves there will be no purpose for being brothers then you can stump me go to our website everwell.com and send us a question with stump the doc I'm Doctor Charlotte Grayson.




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