Wednesday, June 20, 2007

People who feel your pain -- literally

Extreme empathizers feel your pain - More Health News - MSNBC.com

People in this experiment have something called mirror-touch synesthesia. When they see another person being touched, they experience a tactile sense of touch. Evidentally for them, it triggers the same part of the brain as actual touch, and this connection helps explain how we understand what other people are feeling.

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