ELi5: Why do certain sensations like chalk on a chalkboard or rubbing styrofoam together cause your skin to crawl?

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ELi5: Why do certain sensations like chalk on a chalkboard or rubbing styrofoam together cause your skin to crawl?

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I think of it as the auditory version of being freaked out by collections of small holes. There’s a deep instinct in us related to something our ancestors once feared, triggered by things that are totally unrelated but in some way resemble that feared thing

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