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Some People Can Give Themselves Goosebumps

Some People Can Give Themselves GoosebumpsMost people get goosebumps from cold or a strong feeling. A 30 July 2018 PeerJ paper documented voluntary control of piloerection, and Northeastern reported that James Heathers studied people who can control goosebumps and that not everyone can. Harvard names the look cutis anserine.

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