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 ...

Each of them had issues, from Dana’s anxiety to Van’s Mirror-Touch Synesthesia. Only in later episodes did we learn that Jacob feared he may have the aftereffects of a closed-head injury or ...

CBR: Alex, you had the biggest reveal of the season when Van was confirmed to have Mirror-Touch Synesthesia. Was that a part of his character arc that you were aware of from the start, or was it ...

Is this a form of synesthesia?” Yes, this a rare form of an already rare condition. Known as mirror-pain or mirror-touch synesthesia, it can cause the generalized sensation you describe or can ...

While treating the boy, Ericka noticed Jacob paying less attention. The episode then revealed an unexpected truth about Jacob that he wwhas mirror-touch synesthesia, which means Jacob can feel the ...

By way of his Mirror-Touch Synesthesia, Dr. Van Markus (Alex MacNicoll) was able to discover this and work with a Russian-speaking woman who was visiting a loved one at the hospital. Together ...

Finding the index patient became more imperative. Van’s Mirror Touch Synesthesia Saved the Day Van still hated being different and felt his mirror-touch synesthesia was more like a science ...

Over at the hospital, interns Dana, Jacob, and Ericka are testing Van to see if he really does have mirror-touch synesthesia. Van admits he doesn’t watch scary movies since he feels all the punches ...