Funny Holidays - Goosebumps Day

Funny holidays, often devoid of deep meaning, paint everyday life with bright colors and understand the mood Comic celebrations in honor of rubber galoshes, cut glass, stray doors, orange fairy tales and cloud elephants bring a smile to the most notorious pessimists Such unusual and fun holidays include Gooseflesh Day, which is celebrated on March 27th Goosebumps, small pimples at the base of the hair on the human body, arise involuntarily from hypothermia, with strong emotional arousal - admiration, fear or awe The frequent appearance of goose bumps, called polyerection, may indicate a lack of vitamins A, B and E Sometimes raising body hairs and goosebumps are one of the symptoms of temporal lobe epilepsy, keratosis pilaris, autonomic dysreflexia and other diseases This feature of the human body, similar to the appearance of raised hair in animals, has been studied only recently Scientists from Harvard University and National Taiwan University devoted their research to the phenomenon After observing the skin of mice and human hair follicles in 2020, they concluded that the autonomic nervous system is involved in the process of goosebumps Through an effort of will, a person cannot influence its work, which causes breathing, heartbeat, maintaining blood pressure and other processes Therefore, the stimulation of hair follicles, called goose bumps, occurs automatically The sympathetic nervous system, the center of regulation of which is the hypothalamus, is responsible for transmitting signals to a specific part of the body, for example, when the body cools down or when there is anxiety In ancient people, raised hairs retained warm air at the surface of the body and prevented them from freezing Raised fur visually increased the animal's size, making it more massive and more terrifying in the eyes of the enemy Goose bumps in Homo Sapiens are not always a response of the nervous system to stress or cold Neurons activate the hair follicles and cause muscle contraction, causing goosebumps Pimples on the body appear from the pleasure that a person receives when listening to music, reading poems or viewing paintings Polyerection is the body's emotional response to a pleasant touch, a feeling of beauty, or admiration for someone's heroism Women, as more sensitive creatures, experience goosebumps more often than men An unusual holiday is dedicated to this amazing property of the body - Gooseflesh Day