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Tickling yourself is almost impossible, because the cerebellum (the back of the brain) governs movements and predicts when you're about to try to tickle yourself.However, you can try a light tickle instead of an intense one.[1]
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Tickle the roof of your mouth with your tongue. Gently roll your tongue in a circular motion across the roof of your mouth to create a tickling sensation.No one knows why this method works, because the areas of the brain that perceive sensations are less active while we are tickling.[2]
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Use a feather or light object. You need an object that you can gently pass over a ticklish area of the body, such as the sole of the foot or the neck.You won't feel as intense a sensation as when someone else is tickling you, because you can't fool your brain!
- A light touch stimulates the somatosensory cortex, responsible for analyzing touch, and the frontal cingulate cortex, which processes positive sensations.These two areas, together, control tickling, but only when the touch is very light.As many know, tickling too hard can even hurt! [3]
- You can also try running a bristle brush under the sole of your foot.
- You can try making a tickling tool by gluing long feathers onto a stick.You can then use this tool to tickle yourself!
- If you apply too much pressure, it doesn't work.Make sure you use the item gently.
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Move your fingers in a circular motion over your skin. It doesn't always work, but many people feel a slight tickle when they brush their fingers against the skin and move them in circles.
- The best places are:the inside of the elbow, the neck and the back of the knee.
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Don't tickle yourself by putting something in your ear. Not only is it a bad idea to insert objects into your ears, but you can also damage your eardrums, which doesn't work, by the way.The ear is no more ticklish than other parts of the body.
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Don't tickle yourself by pretending the hand isn't yours. Scientists have done experiments where they tried to trick people's brains into thinking that the plastic hand on the table was theirs.Even with this trick, people were unable to tickle themselves.[4]
- However, schizophrenic people often manage to tickle themselves, perhaps because their brains have difficulty predicting the sensory consequences of movements.
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Don't rub your nails on your hips. It doesn't work because once again the brain senses the movement of your fingers and knows that they are the ones trying to tickle.
- It doesn't work because it's not the sensation itself that matters:it's the brain that already knows what's going to happen.Tickling happens by surprise and we cannot suddenly surprise our own brain.
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Advice
- You often don't feel ticklish if you use a part of your body to do so (like your fingers):It's always better to use another object to tickle yourself
- Try wearing very thin fabrics against your skin and try tickling yourself.Sometimes it works!
- The tickling will be more intense if you use a light object, such as a feather.
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Warnings
- Be careful with pointed or sharp objects.
- If these methods don't work, remember that it is very very difficult to trick or surprise your brain (which is what tickles).
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