Mirror Touch Synesthesia (MTS) is a rare and fascinating neurological condition where individuals can physically feel the ...

Mirror touch synesthesia is a rare condition and a type of synesthesia. A person with MTS can perceive emotional and physical sensations that occur to others. As such, they mirror the experiences ...

Mirror touch synesthesia is a condition that causes a person to feel a sensation of touch when they see someone else being touched. The term “mirror” refers to the idea that a person mirrors ...

People with a neurological condition called mirror-touch synesthesia, however, aren't just cringing at the thought of pain. They’re actually experiencing it. This phenomenon can occur in ...

One recent study reported a single case of vision-touch or mirror-touch synesthesia in which the observation of touch on other humans results in tactile sensations on her own body. Functional ...

Perhaps the strangest version is mirror-touch synesthesia, where people physically feel sensations they observe others experiencing. Watch someone get their arm scratched, and you’ll feel the ...

Filmmaker Aurore Dupont-Sagorin takes us on a personal journey to uncover the science behind the rare condition mirror-touch synaesthesia, where a person can experience empathy to the extreme and ...

Mirror-touch synesthesia is diagnosed through self-reporting, as well as clinical evaluation by a neurologist or psychologist, says Gregory Gasic, PhD, co-founder of VMeDx.

MILLER: This condition is called mirror-touch synesthesia. BANISSY: Mirror-touch synesthesia. MILLER: 'Cause, you know, synesthesia is when your senses get crossed. And here, their touch system is ...