SciShow Kids's video: Why Does Tickling Make Me Laugh

If you're ticklish, you know that you can't stop from laughing and wiggling around when you get tickled! But why does your body react this way, and why can't you stop it? Jessi's here to fill you in! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowkids ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow SOURCES: https://www.healthline.com/health/why-are-people-ticklish http://scienceblogs.com/retrospectacle/2007/01/31/why-cant-you-tickle-yourself/ https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/emotions/laugh-tickling1.htm https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-12/fyi-what-evolutionary-purpose-tickling http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140131-why-do-we-laugh-when-tickled