Michael Fitt, a behavioural‑psychology researcher based at the University of East Anglia, has spent the last several years investigating the phenomenon of human tickling from a multidisciplinary perspective. His research, commonly referred to as the “Tickle Project,” blends experimental psychology, neurophysiology, evolutionary anthropology, and social‑cognitive theory to answer three core questions:
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The project culminated in a monograph titled Tickle: The Evolutionary, Neural, and Social Science of a Universal Human Experience (Oxford University Press, 2023) and a series of peer‑reviewed articles (e.g., J. Exp. Psychol. 2021; 147(2): 215‑237). Review : Michael Fitt’s Work on “Tickle” 1