# @science on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DFyMPUyvzzO
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61248097-science-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-02-07T20:03:44.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Science 🧬 (@science) — https://gondola.cc/science

## Caption

👨🏿‍🔬 Goosebumps are a universal physical phenomenon induced by thrills and chills. The hair-raising experience is a result of adrenaline-stimulating minuscule muscles that pull at the roots of our arm hairs — in turn, making us bristle with bumps. This happens when we’re cold when we’re emotional, and according to a pre-print paper released in PeerJ, when some people just feel like it.⁠
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The ability to create goosebumps at will is called “voluntary piloerection.” It is very rarely documented: There are only three single-individual case studies published about people with this talent, and scientists don’t have a clue how to explain it.⁠
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📹 courtesy of: @obed.canario⁠
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#science #goosebumps #goosebump #phenomenon #naturalphenomenon #sciencefacts #scienceisfun #natural #adrenaline #thrill

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