Tickling

Almost everyone has experienced being tickled at some point in their lives, but what exactly IS tickling? Is it pleasure, or is it pain? Is it possible to tickle yourself? This episode, Kate and Matt talk about tickling, and some of the research exploring what it actually is. They also talk about fish… do they sleep? Episode Sources:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23313827

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0051959

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4290532/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982214007702

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-84UJpYFRM

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC436225/

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/fish-sleep.html

https://www.wonderopolis.org/wonder/do-fish-sleep-with-their-eyes-open

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