Feeling cold, excited or scared can cause us to develop goosebumps and our hair to stand up – but we may not realise it Bele Olmez/Alamy
You might think you know when something has made your hair stand on end, but a study shows we generally can’t tell whether or not we have goosebumps, or where on our body they are.
at Durham University, UK, and his colleaguesÌý. “There’s very, very little research on them and it’s just fascinating because it’s one of those things that we’re so familiar with,” says McPhetres. “One of the things that we…



