• Question: What causes us to get shudders down our spines?

    Asked by shannonc to Darren, Deuan, Duncan, Lori-An, Michelle on 24 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Darren Nesbeth

      Darren Nesbeth answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      A gust of cool air across the back of the neck.

      Perhaps an adrenalin rush?

    • Photo: Duncan Hull

      Duncan Hull answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      Scary movies.

    • Photo: Lori-An Etherington

      Lori-An Etherington answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      I think the ‘shudder down the spine’ feeling is an involuntary reaction or reflex. A shudder is a muscle contraction followed by relaxation and can progress across muscles – so it feels like it is going down the spine.
      Hope this helps

    • Photo: Michelle Hudson-Shore

      Michelle Hudson-Shore answered on 24 Jun 2010:

      It’s proably all to do with nerves and muscle contractions but I’m not totally sure.

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