Contagious itch: what we know and what we would like to know

All humans experience itch in the course of their life. Even a discussion on the topic of itch or seeing people scratch can evoke the desire to scratch. These events are coined ‘contagious itch’ and are very common. We and others have shown that videos showing people scratching and pictures of affec...

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Main Authors: Christina eSchut, Shoshana eGrossman, Joerg eKupfer, Uwe eGieler, Gil eYosipovitch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00057/full