When you are tickled on your left knee, you "feel" the tickle in your ______.

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The somatosensory cortex is responsible for processing sensory information from the body, including touch, temperature, and pain. It is organized topographically, meaning that specific body parts are represented in specific areas of the cortex. Crucially, the somatosensory cortex is contralateral, meaning that the left side of the body is represented in the right hemisphere of the brain, and vice versa. Therefore, a tickle on the left knee would be processed in the right somatosensory cortex.

When You Are Tickled on Your Left Knee, You "Feel