Fun Science of Tickling : Tickling … Smile has not come on the face as soon as it was. Tickling which makes us laugh and sometimes disturb us. After all, why is it tickling? Some scientists believe that it is associated with the fear of our old -fashioned. When humans used to live in the forests, they used to feel danger by touching insects or small animals. This was alarm of danger. The tickle may be remembered by that feeling … which has now turned into laughter instead of fear. The second theory says that this is a way of fun with friends and family. If they laugh at tickling young children, then it is also a kind of “social game”.
Tickling is a strange feeling that happens when someone lightly touches your skin. Especially on waist, abdomen or soles. Just after touching here, you lose laughter and the body starts to become aged. According to scientists … it is a game of the nerves and brain of our body. When someone touches a sensitive place, the veins send a quick message to the brain and the brain says 'Hey, this is fun' and the result is laughter and light splash.
Tickling is a unique physical response that makes us laugh and sometimes feel uncomfortable. It is part of a neurological and physiological process, in which brain, nerves and skin work together. Come, let's understand it from a scientific perspective.
Actually, there are millions of small sensors in our skin which are called “touch receptors”. These sensors hold a feeling like light touch, pressure or tickle. Especially some sensitive places such as the stomach, waist, soles or armpits are more active. In such a situation, when someone touches these places lightly, these sensors immediately send messages to the brain through the veins. In the scientific language it is called “mechanoricopters”, which detects touch.
When this message reaches the brain, two parts of the brain are particularly active. First, the Somatosensary Cortex which shows which part of the body has been touched. And the second antirier singulat cortex that is associated with emotions and makes tickle fun or disturbing. The brain considers this light touch as an unpredictable thing, which leads to laughter or splash. But if the touch is very loud, then the pain can also feel pain instead of tickling.
Scientists divide the tickle into two categories. The first is Knismesis which is light tickle. For example, if someone touches a wing or a worm crawling. There is not much laughter in it, there is a slight shudder. At the same time, Garglesis means fast tickle … like someone with fingers on the waist or soles. This is the one who makes you laugh loudly and makes the body uncontrollable.
Have you ever tried to tickle yourself? Did you laugh at this? It is very difficult to do this. So is the tickle that works only in the hands of others. After all, what is its secret? The answer is our brain. Actually our brain is very smart. When we try to tickle ourselves, the brain already understands where and how the next touch is going to be.
There is a special part in our mind which is called “cerebellum”. This is your personal security guard who keeps checking all the time what you are going to do. That is why when you try to tickle yourself, as you touch your waist or soles, the cerebellum already knows that 'I am doing this myself'. Then he tells the rest of the brain that if there is no surprise or threat, then there is no need to laugh or splash. The result .. That fun feel of Gudgudi disappears. Now on the other hand, when someone else tickles you, it is suddenly and unknown for you. The cerebellum does not know when, where and how those fingers will walk on your skin. That is why the brain turns on the button of laughter and splash. That is, tickling is enjoyed only when it is out of your control.
Although tickle is mostly fun, but sometimes it can also cause problems. If someone is tickled too much, then he may have difficulty in breathing because laughs and laughs. Some people also get nervous with tickling, especially if they cannot control it. And if a mischievous friend tickles at the wrong time … there is a fear of getting stuck in the throat while eating food. It also has a psychological effect. If someone bothers you by tickling again and again and you do not like that, then it can be realized to lose a kind of control. This can cause tension in relationships, especially if another person ignore your 'no'. That is why tickle should be limited to laughing and laughing and it should be kept in mind that no one has any problem.
