Why Your Brain Blocks Self-Tickling

HigherIQ · Feb 22, 2026 · 5m

00:00 — Introduction 00:34 — The Memo System 01:50 — The Tickle Robot 02:52 — The Exception 04:27 — The Giggling Rats 06:49 — Takeaway 06:57 — Wrap Up Sources: - Why can't you tickle yourself? (NeuroReport (Blakemore et al., 2000)): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10943682/ - Individuals with pronounced schizotypal traits are particularly successful in tickling themselves (Consciousness and Cognition (2016)): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1053810016300174 - The science of tickling: why the brain won't let us tickle ourselves (Horizon Magazine)…