Rats laugh when you tickle them · The Medicine Chest

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Rats laugh when you tickle them

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Biological Sciences See all items with this value

Psychology See all items with this value

Description

In 1999, Jaak Panksepp and Jeffrey Burgdorf successfully demonstrated that tickling young rats spurs them into letting out the same ultrasonic giggles they make during play.

Curriculum

Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air See all items with this value

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Jaak Pansepp explaining how rats laugh when you tickle them

Creator

FreeScienceLectures See all items with this value

Date Created

13 June 2007

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Donna Haraway See all items with this value

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Jaak Panksepp See all items with this value

Mark Solms See all items with this value

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neuropsychology See all items with this value

animals See all items with this value

experiment See all items with this value

empathy See all items with this value

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Type

Youtube clip

Item sets

99_LBNNIN001

Curricula

Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air

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Materials

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