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Why does being tickled make you laugh?
What's the point of the body working that way? And is that laugh the same laugh as when you, for example, hear a joke?
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- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
From a physiological perspective, no.
A "joke" makes you laugh to to a brain interpretation of a statement/idea that is played off as humorous - visual stimuli also fall into this realm.
When we are tickled - the somatosensory cortex of our brain analyzes the touch we are experiencing - the stimulation of our nerves and kicks off an involuntary response of laughter. In the same way that when a doctor taps you physically by your patella your leg kicks up - an involuntary response - laughter is the same.
Source(s): I have studied physiology, psychology, biology and life. - ulrichLv 44 years ago
I even have heard (and believe) that tickling is a style of tangible abuse. it relatively is declared that tickling is one step faraway from hitting somebody. I advise which you tell your bf to end right this moment and which you do no longer like it. in my opinion, i think of yhose who excessively tickle are sadistic and advise and that extreme tickling is faulty.
