Contagious scratching: shared feelings but not shared body locations

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Jamie Ward et al. Front Hum Neurosci. 2013.

. 2013 May 7:7:122.

doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00122. eCollection 2013.

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Neural basis of contagious itch and why some people are more prone to it.
Holle H, Warne K, Seth AK, Critchley HD, Ward J. Holle H, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Nov 27;109(48):19816-21. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1216160109. Epub 2012 Nov 12. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012. PMID: 23150550 Free PMC article.

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