Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better
Sep 6th, 2009 by Naama
Annie Get Your Gun did not become a classic American musical just because of it’s catchy songs, prototypical love-hate romance or even the wicked Wild West costumes. No, it was the basic concept of being the best. Be the fastest, smartest, build the biggest yarn ball or smallest cell phone.
In this video from Everwell, Dr. Charlotte Grayson explains why is it that someone else can tickle you, but you can’t tickle yourself:
Basically, what brain scientists have studied and can tell us now is that the part of the brain which is responsible for preventing us from hours of self-tickled joy is the cerebellum as the part of the brain that prevents us from self-tickling. The cerebellum is a region located at the base of our brain, which monitors movements and sensations. Being quite brainy, the cerebellum can actually set apart expected sensations from unexpected sensations, effectively killing the element of surprise.
