It’s a question that has baffled mankind for generations.
Some people are quite ticklish, others are hardly ticklish at all, but one thing for sure is it is impossible for a man or a woman to tickle themselves.
Go on, try it. See what happens.
If, like us, you’ve spent hours upon hours* wondering exactly why that is the case then you’re in luck.
Dr. Emily Grossman explains all in the explanatory video below, as well as giving an insight into the science behind the sensation of tickling itself.
Laugh a minute stuff, this.
*no time at all
Video via YouTube/The Royal Institution
Hat-tip: i100
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