ticklishness

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But her team’s new findings suggest that the PAG, and specifically its lateral columns, is required for play and ticklishness.

From Scientific American • Jul. 28, 2023

One of the fascinating things about ticklishness is that it is so mood-dependent, Ishiyama says.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 10, 2016

If that's the case, then adult ticklishness might be the useless by-product of a trait that evolved for the benefit of infants.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2010

The ticklishness of the situation is that Americans in Mexico or along the border may suffer if the ire of either faction is aroused.

From Time Magazine Archive

Such a view of ticklishness, as a kind of modesty of the skin, existing merely to be destroyed, need only be regarded as one of its aspects.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man by Ellis, Havelock