http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erector_pili_muscle
So I guess people aren't suppose to be able to control goosebumps. I can voluntarily give myself goosebumps. I can make myself get a tingle in the base of my spine on my neck and I can get goosebumps whenever I want.
Do I win a special person prize?
~Kujila
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Mar 13 2008, 1:48 pm
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Mar 13 2008, 1:54 pm
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I can imagine myself chewing on a brick and it gives me goosebumps. However, I don't think psychological control counts.
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In response to Foomer
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Foomer wrote:
I can imagine myself chewing on a brick and it gives me goosebumps. "Go chew a brick" is one of my mother's stock expressions. Lummox JR |
I can somewhat do it voluntarily but not perfectly, sometimes when I try it I'll get stuck halfway between getting the chills and not getting them and I get kind of uneasy after that because my body wants that last little shiver (and goosebumps) from it to happen but it won't.
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In response to Nadrew
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Meh, same here, that's pretty annoying when it happens, I keep trying until I get it. Seems to be easier to do when it's colder, or you've got your shirt off or something, which makes sense, I suppose.
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In response to Nadrew
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I can think of the theme from the first movement of Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 and it gives me goosebumps. So, like Foomer's brick, it's semi-voluntary.
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