giancoli Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Just a very quick observation. When I for example watch videos on youtube off people getting hurt I get this tingling pain in my legs. Is this normal? It's just physical pain I think not emotional pain. Is this a universal phenomena, empathy being expressed as physical pain in the legs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Libertarian Prepper Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I'm not sure. I have sometimes felt a sort of tingle in the same region as someone else feels pain. So if for instance they have a stomach injury I'll feel... I guess a tingling, in the same area. But it's rare for me. Maybe someone else can help more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsayers Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 It's natural, even experienced in the animal kingdom. It's the result of mirror neurons. Those without empathy do not have properly functioning mirror neurons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector_Viera Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Take it easy mate, you seem able to differentiate between that pain have a relation with the other in the screen and a certainty like ''I feel the others pain''. We are able to simulate (in sense like when you play a flight simulator game and it seem if you're in the cockpit) the internal states of the others, and this isn't the so called empathy, empathy it's like pretend read the mind of another human being, only computers can do that. Our mirror neurons make us able to simulate the internal states of others, nothing more and nothing less. There is no ''wifi'' between us... I hope the CIA and NSA can't ever violate the privacy inside of our skulls. So like the song says ''don't worry, be happy'' you're still a human being Héctor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Fleming Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 I think most men have an involuntary "oooff" when they see a guy get hit in the groin. OTOH people seem to think it's funny, but I've never had the urge to laugh when I see it... I just automatically imagine the pain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsayers Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Forgive me if this is more appropriate for WTMI radio (way too much information), but most of the time I have a mirror neuron episode, it is my testicles creeping up into me. The one exception I've noticed is falling in a video game. The really long fall, like from mountains, planes, or tall buildings. If those "experiences" get drawn out, I feel a mild panic and can even stop breathing for a moment, as if I'm trying to control not popping my lungs from falling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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