Psychology

Do You Have a Ticklish Pet?

Research: Positive emotions in animals

Good Morning America/ABC News: Researchers of the Department of Psychology are looking for videos of ticklish animals to study positive emotions across species and you can be a part of it.

If you have a ticklish pet and want to contribute to this research, please contact laughter@port.ac.uk. For further information about this study, please read the BBC News coverage about this study or contact Dr. Marina Davila-Ross

Tickling research in Portsmouth already provided important insights to the evolution of positive emotions, i.e., indicating that human laughter emerged from play vocalizations of ancestral apes. View previous research video