Empathy
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The Role of Mirror Neurons in Empathy
The term mirror neuron comes from when a monkey observes another person in the action, it's brain mirrors it and experiences that as if it were itself making that same action. Studies have shown that mirror neurons in humans activate. For instance, when I see another person in pain, poor David, you stub your toe and I'm like, ouch, right. That's my mirror neurons activating.
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