Why You Can’t Tickle Yourself

Re:Why You Can’t Tickle Yourself by not_alexb on Sunday October 09, 2022 @09:19PM (#33146863)

My partner of a few years can do it and she couldn't be further from the representations in the literature or media (Sapolsky's lecture on it) that I've seen on schizophrenia; however, I'm not even remotely an expert in any of it.

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Re:Why You Can’t Tickle Yourself by headhasthoughts on Sunday October 09, 2022 @09:50PM (#33147039)

ASD and schizophrenia share something in common: Both feature NMDA receptors functioning differently than in neurotypicals, which is a plausible cause for why some people are able to tickle themselves.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3808979/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17097347/

People with either are less likely to experience illusions. SlateStarCodex had a decent article that touched on the phenomenon a few years ago:

https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/06/28/why-are-transgender-pe...

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Re:Why You Can’t Tickle Yourself by LinuxBender on Sunday October 09, 2022 @10:29PM (#33147199)

I used to be able to tickle my own feet a little bit when my skin was drier, but I can't any more. I don't have any of the symptoms in that NIH doc. Unsure if related but I also receive no effects from morphine regardless of dosage. Nobody has been able to tell me why.

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Re:Why You Can’t Tickle Yourself by mjan22640 on Monday October 10, 2022 @06:09AM (#33149635)

The neurotypicals susceptibility to illusions is IMHO a cohesion enhancing adaptation for life in large groups.

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