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

Prevalence, correlates and characteristics of chronic pruritus: a population-based cross-sectional study

(2016) U Matterne et al.   ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA

Monkey See, Monkey Do: Contagious Itch in Nonhuman Primates

(2016) A Feneran et al.   ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA

Pruritus is an Important Factor Negatively Influencing the Well-being of Psoriatic Patients

(2014) A Reich et al.   ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA

Incidence and Determinants of Chronic Pruritus: A Population-based Cohort Study

(2014) U Matterne et al.   ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA

A Novel Topical Formulation Containing Strontium Chloride Significantly Reduces the Intensity and Duration of Cowhage-Induced Itch

(2014) A Papoiu et al.   ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA

Personality Traits, Depression and Itch in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis in an Experimental Setting: A Regression Analysis

(2014) C Schut et al.   ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA

Gender differences in chronic pruritus: women present different morbidity, more scratch lesions and higher burden

(2013) S. Ständer et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

The social and personality neuroscience of empathy for pain and touch

(2013) Ilaria Bufalari et al.   Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Contagious scratching: shared feelings but not shared body locations

(2013) Jamie Ward et al.   Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

The cerebral representation of scratching-induced pleasantness

(2013) Hideki Mochizuki et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Cortico-subcortical activation patterns for itch and pain imagery

(2013) Hideki Mochizuki et al.   PAIN

The thermoregulatory theory of yawning: what we know from over 5 years of research

(2013) Andrew C. Gallup et al.   Frontiers in Neuroscience

Empathy Levels in First- and Third-Year Students in Health and Non-Health Disciplines

(2012) Sarah E. Wilson et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION

Mirror neuron activity during contagious yawning—an fMRI study

(2012) Helene Haker et al.   Brain Imaging and Behavior

Can itch-related visual stimuli alone provoke a scratch response in healthy individuals?

(2012) D.M. Lloyd et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

Neural basis of contagious itch and why some people are more prone to it

(2012) H. Holle et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evidence for contagious behaviors in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus): An observational study of yawning and stretching

(2011) Michael L. Miller et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Contagious itch in humans: a study of visual ‘transmission’ of itch in atopic dermatitis and healthy subjects

(2011) A.D.P. Papoiu et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

Induction of nocebo and placebo effects on itch and pain by verbal suggestions

(2011) Antoinette I.M. van Laarhoven et al.   PAIN

Prevalence of Chronic Pruritus in Germany: Results of a Cross-Sectional Study in a Sample Working Population of 11,730

(2010) S. Ständer et al.   DERMATOLOGY

Generating physical symptoms from visual cues: An experimental study

(2010) Jane Ogden et al.   Psychology Health & Medicine

Measuring the Prevalence of Chronic Itch in the General Population: Development and Validation of a Questionnaire for Use in Large-scale Studies

(2009) U Matterne et al.   ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA

Epidemiology of Itch: Adding to the Burden of Skin Morbidity

(2009) E Weisshaar et al.   ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA

Eight Problems for the Mirror Neuron Theory of Action Understanding in Monkeys and Humans

(2009) Gregory Hickok   JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

Pruritic and Nociceptive Sensations and Dysesthesias From a Spicule of Cowhage

(2009) R. H. LaMotte et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Where do mirror neurons come from?

(2009) Cecilia Heyes   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Imitation, Empathy, and Mirror Neurons

(2008) Marco Iacoboni   Annual Review of Psychology

Itch characteristics in atopic dermatitis: results of a web-based questionnaire

(2008) A. Dawn et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY