Mirror-Touch Synaesthesia Is Not Associated with Heightened Empathy, and Can Occur with Autism.

Research has linked Mirror-Touch (MT) synaesthesia with enhanced empathy. We test the largest sample of MT synaesthetes to date to examine two claims that have been previously made: that MT synaesthetes (1) have superior empathy; and (2) only ever experience their MT synaesthesia in response to view...

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Main Authors: Simon Baron-Cohen, Emma Robson, Meng-Chuan Lai, Carrie Allison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4973977?pdf=render