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What can we learn from tickling rats?
Who would have figured that rats enjoy a good tickle.
Researchers found that if you tickle a rat, it will make a giggle-like squeak, jump for joy and even chase your hand, hoping to be tickled again. That's fun and cute, but there's science behind those sweet giggle noises, says the team from Humboldt University of Berlin, who wanted to learn what part of the brain controls tickling.
Although many studies look at depression, Ishiyama told ScienceNews that he hopes this one will reveal new insights into how the brain creates and maintains happiness.
Besides, he says, “it’s also fun to study fun.”
Who would have figured that rats enjoy a good tickle.
Researchers found that if you tickle a rat, it will make a giggle-like squeak, jump for joy and even chase your hand, hoping to be tickled again. That's fun and cute, but there's science behind those sweet giggle noises, says the team from Humboldt University of Berlin, who wanted to learn what part of the brain controls tickling.
Although many studies look at depression, Ishiyama told ScienceNews that he hopes this one will reveal new insights into how the brain creates and maintains happiness.
Besides, he says, “it’s also fun to study fun.”
