Neuroscientists, Jessa Netting discovers, have proved what every 5-year-old knows: the threat of a tickle feels like the real thing.
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Carlsson,K., Petrovic, P., Skar, S., Petersson, K. M. & Ingvar, M. Tickling expectations: Neural processing in anticipation of a sensory stimulus. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 12, 691 - 703 2000.
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Netting, J. Tickling your fancy. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news000831-5
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news000831-5