How come you can't tickle yourself? And why can some people handle tickling perfectly fine while others scream their heads off? Neuroscientist Konstantina Kilteni from the Donders Institute argues in ...

What’s the greatest mystery in the world? Is it the nature of dark matter, the origins of life on this planet, or maybe it’s whether we are alone in the universe? Or, more profound still, perhaps the ...

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 ...