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Why cant you tickle yourself?


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The cerebellum prevents us from tickling ourselves because it can distinguish expected sensations from unexpected senstations.

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Some scientists believe the cerebellum prevents us from tickling ourselves because it can distinguish..more? ChaCha On!

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The cerebellum can distinguish expected sensations from unexpected sensations. It knows you are moving, and so doesn't tickle.

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Research has shown that the brain is trained to know what to feel when a person moves or performs any function. Thanks ChaCha!

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When we tickle ourselves, the somatosensory cortex gets signals from another region of the brain to remain inactive because MORE?

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The brain is trained to know & respond differently when someone else touches us; we don't pay as much attention to own movements.

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There is a part in your brain which is known as the 'cerebellum'. It keeps tabs of everything that is happening in and... MORE?

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