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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

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.

headhasthoughts 4y ago
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://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3808979/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17097347/ 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-people-immune-to-optical-illusions/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/06/28/why-are-transgender-pe...
- LinuxBender 4y ago
  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.
  - DemeterFarm 4y ago
- mjan22640 4y ago
  The neurotypicals susceptibility to illusions is IMHO a cohesion enhancing adaptation for life in large groups.