Quietly delighted and humbled to see Mathis & Mathis mention our work on Freudensprünge in their NRN review on joint brain-behaviour modelling.

I will talk about our recent publication on tame mice 🐭 and hamsters 🐹 tomorrow at the USV conference (online) ultrasonicvocalizations.net

Mice do play with humans: Our new study found that selective breeding makes mice more playful toward both humans and other mice. We also found that both mice and hamsters produce distinct vocalizations depending on the species of their interaction partner. authors.elsevier.com/a/1lsK5_3oCG...

Honored to receive the Japan Neuroscience Society Young Investigator Award. My review The Neurobiology of Ticklishness was written as part of this award—exploring fun, play, and laughter in the brain. News from my institute: www.zi-mannheim.de/en/institute...

Why can’t we tickle ourselves? Why do kids enjoy it but adults don’t? Pleasure or discomfort—or even sensual? Did you know there are two types? A new review delves into the neurobiology of ticklishness: sensory, emotional, sociosexual, and evolutionary. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Would North Sentinelese people tickle each other?