Why Do We Get Goose Bumps?
This video may give you goose bumps – the weird and wonderful science behind them. If you didn't feel any chills, try the full length clips: http://braincraft.tv/post/146752398036/all-sorts-of-t...
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This... requires your full attention. And if you have headphones or earbuds, use them! They’ll make the experience better. Okay, here we go. All of these clips, or at least the audio from them, have been used in scientific studies where researchers have tried to make people’s hair stand on end; and cause what we commonly know as goose bumps, goose flesh, chilly bumps, or goose pimples. The scientific term for this is the pilomotor reflex or “piloerection”… I probably won’t use that word again. Really, all sorts of things can give you goosebumps. And I want you to think of the last time you remember experiencing them. Was it at the beginning of this video? And if not, was it from cold? Or music? A movie? Were you just having an intense emot...
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This... requires your full attention. And if you have headphones or earbuds, use them! They’ll make the experience better. Okay, here we go. All of these clips, or at least the audio from them, have been used in scientific studies where researchers have tried to make people’s hair stand on end; and cause what we commonly know as goose bumps, goose flesh, chilly bumps, or goose pimples. The scientific term for this is the pilomotor reflex or “piloerection”… I probably won’t use that word again. Really, all sorts of things can give you goosebumps. And I want you to think of the last time you remember experiencing them. Was it at the beginning of this video? And if not, was it from cold? Or music? A movie? Were you just having an intense emot...
