Professor Francis Philip McGlone (born November 1948) is a neuroscientist. He was previously at Liverpool John Moores University, where he co-lead the Somatosensory & Affective Neuroscience Group.

Awards and honours In 2019, Professor McGlone & colleagues were awarded the Ig Nobel Peace Prize for their work on measuring The Pleasurability of Scratching an Itch.

Selected publications Affective Touch and the Neurophysiology of CT Afferents (Joint editor) Itch: Basic Mechanisms and Therapy (Joint editor)

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