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The following quoted paragraph was removed from Goose bumps,

"== Positive effects ==

Goose bumps being a form of nervous stimuli, it is in theory, a state that can alter certain unpleasant nervous conditions. It is assumed a positive feeling of awe that it can emulate may in a sense be a diminishing factor of certain stressful conditions such as paranoia, or short-term panic attacks caused by various forms of phobia."

because it is

a) unclear,

b) unreferenced, and

c) dealing with health-related information, so both a) and b) are especially important, so that people do not receive bad health information and misdiagnose themselves or another.

makeswell (talk) 04:13, 23 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Music section is pulled verbatim from its source.

This is plagiarism unless the whole section is in quotation marks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.112.232.84 (talk) 21:42, 11 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Emission of an "Air-trapping oil" / Creationist sourcing

I have not been able to find any other sort of evidence or support for the idea that the skin secretes an oil that traps air for the purpose of insulation (note: not sweat) when a person experiences goose bumps. Additionally, the source provided does not appear to be sufficiently scientific or medical in nature or purpose (creationist website making unsupported claims). If anyone can provide a reliable source to support this effect it would be most welcome. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jetblackson (talk • contribs) 05:12, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

More causes of goose bumps

Goose bumps can be caused by sounds, physical feeling and thoughts of those. For example, whenever someone washes a plastic cutting board I get goose bumps from the sound od that, and from some sounds than can be emitted then writting on a blackboard. For the feeling part, touching some textiles can cause goose bumps. Examples: hats, mouse mats, sweaters, t-shirts and those fluffy things electronics are sometimes shipped with. And of cause the sound of rubbing such materials against each other. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.150.208.92 (talk) 17:41, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Whoever wrote the above -- you need research publication / studies to support the above. Otherwise, you cannot and should not use rare incidents to apply to the general population. I personally don't get goose bumps from touching any of the things that you have mentioned above. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.174.171.21 (talk) 21:11, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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This article described a few common theories, but were presented as fact, when, in fact, they are not factual. So, to make it correctly scientific and unbiased in nature, those opinionated statements were qualified as such.--98.167.13.43 (talk) 02:28, 5 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

On command

I tense my shoulders, and spine. It creates a cascading effect, and feels so good, especially if I do it multiple times. I've been doing the Universe 6 Saiyan's "tingly back thing" since the 80's.