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Brecht Lab @BrechtLab Jul 28, 2023

Happy to share our latest study on tickling and play responses in the brain that is out now in @NeuroCellPress! @nataliegloveli @misnaej

Cell Press @CellPressNews Jul 28, 2023

Researchers tickle rats to identify the part of the brain critical for laughter and playfulness.
@HumboldtUni Michael Brecht

Below see four ways that rats played with humans or each other in the study.

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Brecht Lab @BrechtLab Feb 23, 2023

Sorry, now link works: Your friends are like family to you! But how does your brain see this?
We’re conducting a (paid) fMRI study in Berlin to investigate where family and
friendship are represented in the brain. Fill out this short survey
soscisurvey.de/test279257/ to take part.

Brecht Lab @BrechtLab Nov 14, 2022

We had a very successful morning poster session at #SfN2022 with @lena_v_kaufmann presenting on elephant facial motor control, come check out our afternoon session as well (details below).

Brecht Lab @BrechtLab Oct 28, 2022

Proud to present our latest results by @lena_v_kaufmann et al. on the exceptional elephant facial motor nucleus, which shows adaptations to the development of the trunk and differences between African and Asian elephants 🐘

Science Advances @ScienceAdvances Oct 27, 2022

A new study reveals that elephants have an exceptionally high number of facial neurons—perhaps the most known to any land-dwelling mammal—and scientists are theorizing why. scim.ag/kO

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Brecht Lab @BrechtLab Sep 21, 2022

Have you always been wondering how to suppress ticklishness? Are you interested in the science of ticklishness and laughter? You’ll have fun checking this out royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

royalsocietypublishing.org The human tickle response and mechanisms of self-tickle suppression Abstract. A tickle is a complex sensation: it occurs in response to touch but not unequivocally so, and makes us laugh albeit not when we self-tickle. We q

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