The power of feeling what someone else feels

Empathy is an important virtue–”rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep” (Romans 12:15)–but there is also a neurological condition in which individuals actually do feel what those around them feel.  It’s called “mirror touch synesthesia.”   This is the first I’ve heard of it, coming across the article excerpted after the jump, but [Read More...]