Why can't you tickle yourself?

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You might be susceptible to “tickle attacks,” but have you ever wondered why you can’t tickle yourself? SciShow is nominated for a Webby! Vote for us! https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2017/film-video/video-channels-and-networks/science-education-channels-and-networks Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters—we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Kevin Bealer, Mark Terrio-Cameron, KatieMarie Magnone, Patrick Merrithew, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, Benny, Tim Curwick, Scott Satovsky Jr, Philippe von Bergen, Bella Nash, Bryce Daifuku, Chris Peters, Patrick D. Ashmore, Charles George, Bader AlGhamdi ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0063441 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24270589 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16157489 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10943682 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26891191 https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/cca2/c6449d671da77256b600f8b3de15637c6f47.pdf http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=248041246&ft=1&f=1007

Published 2017-04-18 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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