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Introduction
editMirror touch synesthesia is a condition which causes individuals to experience the same sensation (such as touch) that another person feels. For example, if someone with this condition were to see someone being slapped, they would also feel the slap. Synesthesia, in general, is described as a condition in which a stimulus causes an individual to experience an additional sensation[1] . Synesthesia is usually a developmental condition, however recent research has shown that mirror touch synesthesia can be acquired after sensory loss after amputation[2] . Approximately 1.6% of individuals develop mirror touch synesthesia, and at the moment it is believed that there are two subtypes. The first type causes a person to feel sensations on the part of their body that mirrors the person they saw. The second type causes a person to feel sensations on the same side of their body as the person they saw[3] .
Symptoms
editPhantom Limbs
editPossible Mechanisms
editLink to Empathy
editLatest Research
editReferences
edit- ^ Banissy, M.J. (2009). "Prevalence, Characteristics, and a Neurocognitive Model of Mirror Touch Synesthesia". Experimental Brain Research. 192 (2): 261–272.
- ^ Goller, A.I. (2013). "Mirror Touch Synesthaesia in the Phantom Limbs of Amputees". Cortex. 49 (1): 243–251.
- ^ Banissy, M.J. (2013). "Mechanisms of Self-Other Representations and Vicarious Experiences of Touch in Mirror Touch Synesthesia". Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 112 (7).