Christoph Helmchen | |
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Nationality | German |
Awards | Ig Nobel Prize |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Neurology |
Institutions | University of Lübeck |
Christoph Helmchen is a German neurologist at University of Lübeck [1] and Ig Nobel Prize winner of 2016 in medicine. [2] Helmchen and colleagues have discovered that if anyone has an itch on the left side of his body, they can relieve it by looking into a mirror and scratching the right side of their body (and vice versa). [3]
Christoph Helmchen | |
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Nationality | German |
Awards | Ig Nobel Prize |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Neurology |
Institutions | University of Lübeck |
Christoph Helmchen is a German neurologist at University of Lübeck [1] and Ig Nobel Prize winner of 2016 in medicine. [2] Helmchen and colleagues have discovered that if anyone has an itch on the left side of his body, they can relieve it by looking into a mirror and scratching the right side of their body (and vice versa). [3]