ticklishness

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But her team’s new findings suggest that the PAG, and specifically its lateral columns, is required for play and ticklishness.

From Scientific American • Jul. 28, 2023

One of the fascinating things about ticklishness is that it is so mood-dependent, Ishiyama says.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 10, 2016

If that's the case, then adult ticklishness might be the useless by-product of a trait that evolved for the benefit of infants.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2010

"Such symptoms as pruritus and ticklishness need special study in this connection," says Dr. Libman.

From Time Magazine Archive

The mental element in tickling is indicated by the fact that even a child, in whom ticklishness is highly developed, cannot tickle himself; so that tickling is not a simple reflex.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man by Ellis, Havelock