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Do You Like Being Tickled?
The experience of tickling is terrifyingly unpredictable and makes me feel extremely out of control. And do you like being tickled? You could imagine saying yes to that, even though you're like, I'm out of control, but I love it. But one thing that I found in the literature on tickling also is appealing in a number of ways. For instance, children love it. Children come to adults and they want to be tickled because it's a form of play. Other apes also really like it and they use it as a kind of social bonding. Recently there was a lot of controversy over research showing that rats also really enjoy the experience of tickles. That's how
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