Ever felt goosebumps during a thrilling movie or a touching song? A new study reveals this common reaction, known as piloerection, is linked to our sympathetic nervous system. While its original ...

People who are strongly affected by music sometimes claim that it gives them chills down their spine and makes their hair stand on end. (The technical term is "piloerection".) When we are effected in ...

A team of scientists at KAIST in Daejeon, South Korea, has developed a flexible, wearable polymer sensor that can directly measure the degree and occurrence of piloerection, commonly known as goose ...

A study by a Durham Psychology researcher has found that goosebumps happen far more frequently than you think—and you may not even know you have them. Science X Daily and the Weekly Email Newsletter ...