Treatment for a tickle in your throat can depend on its cause, such as an allergy or infection. Remedies may include over-the-counter medications, lifestyle changes, or medical treatment. An ...

A tickle in the chest may feel like fluttering or pressure. Many underlying factors can cause this symptom. Some, such as colds and seasonal allergies, may go away on their own. Others may require ...

At some point, every kid has learned this cold, hard fact of life: it’s impossible to tickle yourself. But why? As the Brain Bank explains, the simple answer is that you’re already expecting the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Rachel Feltman and Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post Dear Science: Why do we only laugh when someone else tickles us? Why can’t I tickle myself? Your ...

It is a well-known fact that you can't tickle yourself. Now researchers from the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience in Berlin have found out why. The study, published in the journal ...

Why do we laugh when tickled but are unable to tickle ourselves? Neuroscience has the answer. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. For ...