Tickling

Overview

Journal Curr Biol

Publisher Cell Press

Specialty Biology

Date 2016 Feb 10

PMID 26859273

Citations 5

Authors

David A Leavens

Kim A Bard

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Abstract

A quick guide to tickling, a form of laughter-evoking play that can be considered as an index of agency, with a discussion of its taxonomic distribution and its possible relationship to traditional measures of self-recognition.

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