Christoph Helmchen

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
Nationality	German
Awards	Ig Nobel Prize
Scientific career
Fields	Neurology
Institutions	University of Lübeck

See also

• List of Ig Nobel Prize winners
• Itch