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Title: Pain and pleasure
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Moore, Henry Thomas
Subjects: Pain Pleasure
Publisher: New York, Moffat, Yard and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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arecapable of being made to laugh by means ofthe sensory effect of tickling. Darwin speaks ofanthropoid apes giving out a reiterated sound,corresponding with our laughter, when tickled,especially under the armpits. Dogs derive endless pleasure from the manyvarieties of mild friction of the skin. A gentlepatting and rubbing will usually produce a slowwagging of the tail, which is the dogs most naturalsmile. People well acquainted with dogs are,according to Hall and Allin, almost unanimousin their verdict that the dog draws back thecorners of his mouth if tickled in the ribs and thusliterally and physiologically smiles. When thetickling is somewhat sportively administered, dogsare likely to have their funny streaks and to run around in a circle, sometimes showing theirteeth in a peculiar way, perhaps lifting the upperlip when they play with children they know, butnever with strangers. * With dogs as with 1 Hall and Allin., The Psychology of Tickling and Laughter,Am. J. of Psych., 1898.
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be < I PAIN AND PLEASURE 49 human beings it is the friendly hand that ticklesmost, or at least most pleasurably. LThe cat ismuch more impersonal in its preferences as to whoshall do the tickling and rubbing. Any well-tamed cat will arch a comfortable back for anyinoffensive person who chooses to stroke her.Tickling proper is readily obtained from cats bylight intermittent touches about the face andthroat, and ordinarily calls forth a spirited formof friskiness, in which the close relation of ticklingto mock injury is especially evident. Horses, lambs, etc., although they give con-spicuous evidence of the sheer joy of living, aswhen they jump, snort, paw and roll about, neverseem to get beyond the stage of organic gratifica-tion. Tickling appears to be a distinctly unpleas-ant experience for them. If one tries a lighttouch with the tassel of a whip the only responseprovoked will usually be a general quiver orshudder such as we would give in response to avexatious treatment of our sk

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