Comments on: Are We Programmed to Laugh When Tickled?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:54:47 +0000

I'm not ticklish in the least which makes me sad. I really wish that I was ticklish=~/.

By: Jeremy Neal

Jeremy Neal — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:56:00 +0000

My son laughs like crazy when he is tickled on the back or ribs. It seems to me to be a natural response, rather than something learned.

By: Ash

Ash — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:52:00 +0000

omg all your comments are so funny HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA but the experiment seems retarded the poor child saw his father in a mask when being tickled!?! theres going to be some signs of psychotic behaviour there in his adulthood people!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:53:00 +0000

tickling can be agony.
I have seen some kids being really thoroughly tickled whilst completely immobilised, way beyond their limits.
Their reactions were generally intensely hysterical and frantic. One of them was excrutiatingly ticklish, especially on his soles and belly but the tickler gave no let up.
Very cute and totally harmless. It is only tickling.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:36:00 +0000

See sociaty takes things so out of text. tickling okay
some of the comments act like it was abuse. I feel sorry for those of you who wanted to be tickled and was deprived. He performed a experiment which caused no external or internal damage. They laughed they didn't cry. make sure you guys are in the right field

By: Jeremy (PsyBlog author)

Jeremy (PsyBlog author) — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:00:00 +0000

The Mayor, human diversity never ceases to amaze does it?!?!

Anon, yes.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:38:00 +0000

I can't think of any reason why the kids would have developed any serious mental issues.
The article doesn't say that they weren't cared for or showed love, only that they weren't tickled.

Furthermore with my low psychology skills it would be easy to assume that the child learns to laugh when tickled as the parent does so.

By: The Mayor

The Mayor — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 12:35:00 +0000

Wow--the commenters here are pretty harsh.

"its disgusting to use your poor children as lab rats"--Yes, I hope the children somehow get over the trauma of being tickled.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:18:00 +0000

I think that its disgusting to use your poor children as lab rats, while you try to prove some scientific experiment to be true. If you wanted to test systems you should have became the ginnipig on which the experiments took place, no wonder so many people are in therapy its because parents like you.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:33:00 +0000

This is one reason I never had any children--I would definitely have performed experiments on them like this one. So now all of you who are not the children I might have had, count your blessings.