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mirror-touch synesthesia: a standalone construct

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Neuropsychology

the experience of touch on one's own body when watching another person being touched, linked to higher empathy.

In neuropsychology, mirror-touch synesthesia refers to the experience of touch on one's own body when watching another person being touched, linked to higher empathy. This meaning comes from Banissy (2007) in Nature Neuroscience.[1]

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Banissy, M. J., & Ward, J. (2007). Mirror-touch synesthesia is linked with empathy. Nature Neuroscience, 10(7), 815-816. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1926

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