People vary in how sensitive they are to tickling. Some people are only ticklish sometimes, while others are not ticklish at all. Tickling can be a fun game, a temporary annoyance, or a deeply ...

Socrates wondered 2,000 years ago, and Charles Darwin also racked his brains: what is a tickle, and why are we so sensitive to tickling? ‘Tickling is relatively under-researched,’ says neuroscientist ...

A surprise tickle attack, especially in sensitive areas like the armpits, torso, or soles of the feet, can send most people into uncontrollable laughter as they squirm away, while others might stay ...